(Unconfirmed) Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 38 km depth24 Mar 22:56 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 4 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeMar 24, 2026 22:51:54 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Mar 25, 2026, at 01:51 am (GMT +3)Statusunconfirmed (automatic detection)Magnitude3.0Depth38.2 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude12.7937°S / 45.5887°EMayotteSeismic antipode12.7937°N / 134.411°WShaking intensityII Very weak shakingFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Nearest volcanoMayotte Island (46 km / 29 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeBroken Clouds 28°C (82 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from WSWEstimated seismic energy released2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.0 | about seismic energy10 minutes agoMar 24, 2026 22:51 GMT / Mar 25, 2026 01:51 am (GMT +3)Lat / Lng: -12.7937 / 45.5887: Mayotte: Northwest of MadagascarSource: RaspberryShakeDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22840459',-12.79370,45.58870,'10 minutes ago: Mag. 3.0, Mayotte: Northwest of Madagascar',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrsNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is Labattoir, a town with 18,000 inhabitants in Mayotte, in 33 km (21 mi) distance to the west, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry33 km (21 mi)W of epicenterLabattoir(pop: 17,700)I: Not feltDzaoudzi Mayotte39 km (24 mi)W of epicenterMamoudzou(pop: 54,800)I: Not feltMamoudzou Mayotte40 km (25 mi)W of epicenterKaoueni(pop: 17,100)I: Not feltMamoudzou Mayotte40 km (25 mi)W of epicenterMajikavo Koropa(pop: 11,700)I: Not feltKoungou Mayotte42 km (26 mi)W of epicenterKoungou(pop: 18,100)I: Not feltKoungou Mayotte49 km (30 mi)SW of epicenterMtsamoudou(pop: 1,920)I: Not feltBandrele Mayotte49 km (31 mi)W of epicenterOuangani(pop: 7,270)I: Not feltOuangani Mayotte56 km (35 mi)W of epicenterMtsahara(pop: 2,540)I: Not feltMtsamboro MayotteNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-03-24EpicenterAgency3.038 km24 mi22:51:54Northwest of MadagascarRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,700 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 5 or higher: 0.73 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.4 years)Mag. 4 or higher: 37.9 quakes per year (or 3.2 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 115 quakes per year (or 9.6 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 660 quakes per year (or 55 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 1,600 quakes per year (or 4.4 quakes per day)The area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 19 quakes above magnitude 5 since 2000, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 1 to 5 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake