A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Saturday. Global time and date of event 09/03/19 / 2019-03-09 10:30:50 / March 9, 2019 @ 10:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.4455° East, -12.8698° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:30:50 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000jies. Event ids that are associated: us1000jies.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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