A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Al Hoceima in Morocco. Unique identifier: us20005iet. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005iet. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/04/16 / 2016-04-08 07:10:08 / April 8, 2016 @ 7:10 am. Exact location of event, longitude -3.7976 West, latitude 35.5244 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:10:08 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Nador (c. 129 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Melilla (c. 73 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nador, Melilla, Imzoûrene.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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