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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Al Hoceima in Morocco


Earthquake location 35.6249S, -3.6007WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Al Hoceima in Morocco on Saturday. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:17:11 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10004x0y. Event ids that are associated: us10004x0y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 15:17:11 / March 12, 2016 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -3.6007° West, 35.6249° North, depth 10 km.

Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nador (c. 129 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Melilla (c. 73 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nador, Melilla, Imzoûrene (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km NE of Al Hoceima, Morocco.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -3.6007° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6249° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km NE of Al Hoceima, Morocco Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-12 15:17:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-12 15:31:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.271 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10004x0y Id of event.
Event Code 10004x0y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004x0y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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