Seismic damage scenarios for Mayotte: a tool for disaster management

Nicolas Taillefer; Didier Bertil; Caterina Negulescu; Agathe Roullé; Christian Iasio; Samuel Auclair; Robin Quique

Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) p. 343-359

Résumé : ... A new marine volcano is erupting offshore Mayotte since May 2018, generating numerous earthquakes. The population felt many of them and the stronger shaking of the ongoing sequence caused slight damage to buildings. Historical records also confirm that damaging earthquakes had occurred in the past in this region. ...