A 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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