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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Targuist in Morocco

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Targuist in Morocco on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.9 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:35:35 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). 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: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 04:35:35 / February 16, 2019 @ 4:35 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -4.5477 West, latitude 34.9073 North, depth = 66.9 km. Event id: us2000jiqq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jiqq.

Close country/countries, Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taza (c. 141 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chefchaouene (c. 36 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Taounate (c. 32 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taza, Chefchaouene, Imzoûrene (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 21 km W of Targuist, Morocco. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Al Hoceima Chefchaouene Imzoûrene Morocco Taounate Targuist Taza Tirhanimîne

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-4.5477° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.9073° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km W of Targuist, Morocco	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-02-16 04:35:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-16 05:15:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	0	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	284	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	2.058	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	us2000jiqq	Id of event.
Event Code	2000jiqq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000jiqq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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