A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Tuesday. The epicenter was 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, longitude 45.5505° East, latitude -12.8468° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 18:53:34 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/18 / 2018-05-29 15:53:34 / May 29, 2018 @ 3:53 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000egme. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000egme.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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