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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Al Hoceïma in Morocco


Earthquake location 35.515S, -3.548WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Al Hoceïma in Morocco on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -3.548° West, 35.515° North. Unique identifier: us6000n16p. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n16p. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 00:40:24 / May 27, 2024 @ 12:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:40:24 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nador, Melilla, Imzoûrene (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nador (c. 129 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Melilla (c. 73 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NE of Al Hoceïma, Morocco. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -3.548° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.515° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km NE of Al Hoceïma, Morocco Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 00:40:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 01:04:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 259 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.355 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us6000n16p Id of event.
Event Code 6000n16p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n16p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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