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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Pamandzi in Mayotte


Earthquake location -12.7676S, 45.5385WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 19:00:31 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.5385° East, -12.7676° South. Global time and date of event 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 16:00:31 / January 2, 2020 @ 4:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us70006tlq. Event ids that are associated: us70006tlq.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 31 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 (18 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Bouéni, Kani Kéli (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.5385° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.7676° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-02 16:00:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-02 16:17:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70006tlq Id of event.
Event Code 70006tlq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006tlq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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