M 5.2 earthquake – 36 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte
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Local time: May 25, 2018 · 12:32 (UTC+3)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -12.854, 45.61237 km from Labattoir
- Energy released
- 951 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 4"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 4.8max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 68M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 418USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on May 21, 2018.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 951 tons of TNT, 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
68 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.5 16 km SSE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 25, 2018
- 4.4 30 km SE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 25, 2018
- 5.0 44 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 26, 2018
- 4.5 25 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 26, 2018
- 4.7 42 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 27, 2018
- 4.3 37 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 27, 2018
- 4.9 53 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 28, 2018
- 4.7 35 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 28, 2018
- 4.7 39 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 28, 2018
- 4.7 29 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 29, 2018
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mayotte.
- 6.2 1 km NNE of Vanadjou, Comoros Aug 23, 1918
- 6.0 216 km SSW of Kani Kéli, Mayotte Apr 29, 1952
- 5.9 32 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 15, 2018
- 5.5 41 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 21, 2018
- 5.4 42 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 20, 2018
- 5.3 68 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte Jun 12, 2018
- 5.2 47 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte Jun 25, 2018
- 5.2 5 km N of Hoani, Comoros May 21, 2000
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.
- 4.5 39 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 19, 2018
- 4.7 52 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 19, 2018
- 4.4 51 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 19, 2018
- 4.3 40 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 19, 2018
- 4.9 39 km W of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 19, 2018
- 5.4 42 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 20, 2018
- 5.5 41 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 21, 2018
- 4.6 34 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 21, 2018
- 4.5 12 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 21, 2018
- 4.5 35 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 21, 2018
- 4.4 20 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 22, 2018
- 5.1 36 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 22, 2018
- 4.4 36 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 23, 2018
- 4.6 33 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 23, 2018
- 4.3 32 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 24, 2018
- 4.8 37 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 24, 2018
- 4.6 34 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 25, 2018
- 5.0 33 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte May 25, 2018