A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Al Hoceima in Morocco. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/16 / 2016-02-03 21:27:49 / February 3, 2016 @ 9:27 pm. Unique identifier: us20004y5r. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004y5r. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -3.7462° West, 35.6091° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:49 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Nador (c. 129 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Melilla (c. 73 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nador, Melilla, Imzoûrene.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 43 km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco.
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