A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Boudinar in Morocco. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:03:17 / 11:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ud0. Id of event: us10004ud0. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.72 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -3.5728 West, latitude 35.5718 North, depth = 11.72 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 11:03:17 / February 28, 2016 @ 11:03 am.
Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Al Hoceïma (c. 395 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Nador (c. 129 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Melilla (c. 73 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tirhanimîne (c. 55 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Imzoûrene (c. 26 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nador, Melilla, Imzoûrene (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Morocco (c. 31 627 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 46 km N of Boudinar, Morocco.
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