A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 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 time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 08:39:09 / November 17, 2019 @ 8:39 am. Id of earthquake: us70006937. Event ids that are associated: us70006937. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -4.2761° West, 32.6284° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 08:39:09 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Midelt (c. 45 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Midelt (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SE of Amersid, Morocco. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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