A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Event id: us1000e5ee. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e5ee. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 11:26:50 / May 15, 2018 @ 11:26 am UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:26:50 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 45.6543 East, latitude -12.8784 South, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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