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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Pamandzi in Mayotte


Earthquake location -12.9544S, 45.6618WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was detected at 03:12:32 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ezz4. Unique identifier: us1000ezz4. Exact location of earthquake, 45.6618° East, -12.9544° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 00:12:32 / June 24, 2018 @ 12:12 am.

Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6618° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.9544° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km ESE 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 2018-06-24 00:12:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-24 00:35:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 285 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 6.214 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000ezz4 Id of event.
Event Code 1000ezz4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ezz4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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