A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Amersid in Morocco. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -4.5086° West, 32.5504° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000ein5. Event ids that are associated: us1000ein5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:11:43 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/06/18 / 2018-06-04 22:11:43 / June 4, 2018 @ 10:11 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Midelt (c. 45 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Midelt (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km S of Amersid, Morocco.
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