A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Bandrele in Mayotte on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/19 / 2019-03-18 02:19:13 / March 18, 2019 @ 2:19 am. The temblor was reported at 05:19:13 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 45.2741 East, latitude -12.9314 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000jlv1. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jlv1.
Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km ESE of Bandrele, Mayotte.
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