A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Event id: us1000eaiw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eaiw. Exact location, longitude 45.6365° East, latitude -12.8607° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:09:44 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 05:09:44 / May 19, 2018 @ 5:09 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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