A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Al Hoceima in Morocco on Thursday. Event id: us10004xth. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004xth. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:04:19 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -3.6625° West, 35.7077° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 23:04:19 / March 10, 2016 @ 11:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nador, Melilla, Imzoûrene. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nador (c. 129 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Melilla (c. 73 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop). Close country/countries, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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