A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Tuesday. Event id: us2000jp23. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jp23. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/19 / 2019-02-26 18:00:24 / February 26, 2019 @ 6:00 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:00:24 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 45.5399 East, latitude -12.6493 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kani Kéli, Bouéni, Acoua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 32 km ENE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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