A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 16:27:56 / May 30, 2018 @ 4:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000egpm. Id of event: us1000egpm. The temblor was picked up at 19:27:56 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.7377 East, latitude -12.7378 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bouéni, Acoua, Kani Kéli (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-five 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: 49 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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