A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bandrele in Mayotte on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 45.5258 East, latitude -13.1725 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000erir. Event ids that are associated: us1000erir. The temblor was detected at 09:24:30 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 06:24:30 / June 10, 2018 @ 6:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua. Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 46 km SE of Bandrele, Mayotte.
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