A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j9dy. Id of event: us1000j9dy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 23:34:24 / February 20, 2019 @ 11:34 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 45.4066 East, latitude -12.7547 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:34:24 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kani Kéli, Bouéni, Acoua (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km ENE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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