M 4.6 in Morocco on 15 Apr 2014 07:56 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: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.69 , -5.18
Event Date: 15 Apr 2014 07:56 UTC
15 Apr 2014 08:56 Local
Exposed Population:
4417848 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=372390
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2014 11:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=372390 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
1047007 0 15 Apr 2014 07:56 4.5M, 2km N/A 4.4 million (in 100km) 00:21 EMSC
1047016 0 15 Apr 2014 07:56 4.6M, 2km N/A 4.4 million (in 100km) 03:12 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-South (population 1,990,505) . The nearest places are F�s, and Dar Mimoun Ou Ahmed.

Radius Population
100 km 4.4 million people
75 km 3.1 million people
50 km 2.3 million people
20 km 110000 people
10 km 15000 people
5 km 4500 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Centre-South Morocco 2 million people
Centre-North Morocco 3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Dar Mimoun Ou Ahmed Morocco Village - 4 km
F�s Morocco Major city - 49 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
Ifrane 1664 Civ. Paved No 6800 19 km
Bassatine 576 35 km
Saiss FEZ 579 Civ. Paved Yes 10400 39 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Allal al Fassi Sebou 1990 61 km

More information

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