A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/06/18 / 2018-06-05 23:02:45 / June 5, 2018 @ 11:02 pm. 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). Exact location, longitude 45.7313° East, latitude -12.9185° South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000ejax. Event ids that are associated: us1000ejax. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:02:45 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 50 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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