A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us2000jnj9. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnj9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.5317° East, -12.7494° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/19 / 2019-02-11 23:58:19 / February 11, 2019 @ 11:58 pm. The temblor was detected at 02:58:19 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bouéni, Kani Kéli, Acoua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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