A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes Mayotte region kilometers (0 miles) from Mayotte region on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 16:40:11 / October 16, 2018 @ 4:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.3686° East, -12.7946° South, depth 12.3 km. The temblor was reported at 16:40:11 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.3 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000hcyw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hcyw.
Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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