A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ja1g. Id of event: us1000ja1g. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:00:33 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 45.5036° East, latitude -12.7994° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/19 / 2019-03-03 03:00:33 / March 3, 2019 @ 3:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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