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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Al Hoceima in Morocco


Earthquake location 35.7268S, -3.6944WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Al Hoceima in Morocco on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:43:08 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -3.6944° West, 35.7268° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 19:43:08 / March 16, 2016 @ 7:43 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005asy. Unique identifier: us20005asy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Melilla, Imzoûrene, Tirhanimîne (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Melilla (c. 73 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -3.6944° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7268° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km NNE 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 2016-03-16 19:43:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-21 23:32:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 259 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 2.852 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us20005asy Id of event.
Event Code 20005asy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005asy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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