What the records say
- When
- 25 Jan 2016
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Where
- Morocco
- Coordinates
- 35.65° N, 3.68° W
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 26
- Intensity mmi
- 6
- Depth km
- 12
2016 Alboran Sea earthquake
Earthquake off the coast of Morocco
The 2016 Alboran Sea earthquake struck offshore, north northeast of Al Hoceïma, Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar on 25 January at 04:22:02 UTC, or roughly 05:22:02 West Africa Time. At its strongest in the Alboran Sea, the earthquake measured 6.3–6.4 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) at a shallow hypocenter depth of 12 km (7.5 mi).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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