M 4.6 in Morocco on 11 Mar 2014 12:27 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.18 , -4.96
Event Date: 11 Mar 2014 12:27 UTC
11 Mar 2014 12:27 Local
Exposed Population:
5217893 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=364292
Inserted at: 11 Mar 2014 15:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=364292 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1043500 0 11 Mar 2014 12:27 4.5M, 53km N/A 5.7 million (in 100km) 00:18 EMSC
1043501 0 11 Mar 2014 12:27 4.7M, 10km N/A 5.5 million (in 100km) 00:24 NEIC
1043502 0 11 Mar 2014 12:27 4.6M, 40km N/A 5.4 million (in 100km) 00:39 EMSC
1043504 0 11 Mar 2014 12:27 4.6M, 20km N/A 5.2 million (in 100km) 02:45 EMSC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Morocco , Region of Centre-North (population 3,147,134) . The nearest places are F�s, and Douar Sidi Ayeb.

Radius Population
100 km 5.7 million people
75 km 4.1 million people
50 km 2.1 million people
20 km 160000 people
10 km 61000 people
5 km 16000 people
2 km 3600 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Centre-North Morocco 3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Douar Sidi Ayeb Morocco Village - 4 km
F�s Morocco Major city - 35 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Saiss FEZ 579 Civ. Paved Yes 10400 48 km
Bassatine 576 66 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Al Wahda Ouergha 1996 30 km

More information

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