M 5.2 in Morocco on 15 Mar 2016 04:40 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: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.72 , -3.69
Event Date: 15 Mar 2016 04:40 UTC
15 Mar 2016 04:40 Local
Exposed Population:
982402 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=494450
Inserted at: 15 Mar 2016 08:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.3 0.3
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=494450 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
1122357 0 15 Mar 2016 04:40 4.8M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:03 EMSC
1122360 0.1 15 Mar 2016 04:40 4.8M, 2km N/A 1 million (in 100km) 00:08 EMSC
1122363 0.2 15 Mar 2016 04:40 5M, 10km N/A 1 million (in 100km) 00:17 EMSC
1122366 0.4 15 Mar 2016 04:40 5.6M, 10km 3.96 880 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
1122389 0.3 15 Mar 2016 04:40 5.2M, 10km N/A 980 thousand (in 100km) 03:23 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 Eastern (population 2,037,871) . The nearest places are Boûjîbâr, Abdel Hachs, Rehea, Al Hoceïma, Aït Mayyit, Sidi Hossein, Ochenene, Boudinar, Ahzîm el Foûkâni, Isounatene, and Bemmekrim.

Radius Population
100 km 930000 people
75 km 230000 people
50 km 3300 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Eastern Morocco 2 million people
Centre-North Morocco 3.1 million people
Melilla Spain 57000 people
North-West Morocco 5.8 million people
Andalucia Spain 6.9 million people
Tlemcen Algeria 890000 people
Ceuta Spain 68000 people
Gibraltar Gibraltar 29000 people
Ain Temouchent Algeria 800000 people
Centre-South Morocco 2 million people
Oran Algeria 1.2 million people
Naama Algeria 110000 people
Sidi bel Abbes Algeria 440000 people
Murcia Spain 1 million people
Mascara Algeria 690000 people
Castilla-La Mancha Spain 1.7 million people
Saida Algeria 240000 people
Mostaganem Algeria 500000 people
Extremadura Spain 1.1 million people
Valenciana Spain 3.8 million people
Centre Morocco 7.7 million people
Relizane Algeria 550000 people
El Bayadh Algeria 590000 people
Faro Portugal 340000 people
Tiaret Algeria 570000 people
Chlef Algeria 680000 people
Beja Portugal 170000 people
Bechar Algeria 240000 people
Evora Portugal 170000 people
South Morocco 3.3 million people
Madrid Spain 4.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Boûjîbâr Morocco Village - 39 km
Abdel Hachs Morocco Village - 44 km
Rehea Morocco Village - 49 km
Al Hoceïma Morocco City 55000 people 49 km
Aït Mayyit Morocco Village - 52 km
Sidi Hossein Morocco Village - 52 km
Ochenene Morocco Village - 53 km
Boudinar Morocco Village - 53 km
Ahzîm el Foûkâni Morocco Village - 53 km
Isounatene Morocco Village - 56 km
Izmorene Morocco Village - 57 km
Aït Moussa Ou Amar Morocco Village - 57 km
Cha'abi Morocco Village - 57 km
Dardount Morocco Village - 59 km
Aït Chaïb Morocco Village - 60 km
Achdir Morocco Village - 61 km
Ibou'akilene Morocco Village - 61 km
Afsine Morocco Village - 61 km
Aisaten Morocco Village - 62 km
Aïch Tebene Morocco Village - 63 km
Agben Morocco Village - 63 km
Aaxanen Morocco Village - 63 km
Dar Kebdani Morocco Village - 64 km
Aoudaïn Morocco Village - 65 km
Boûchanchet Morocco Village - 65 km
Mendout Morocco Village - 66 km
Ben Tieb Morocco Village - 66 km
Bou Mahroud Morocco Village - 67 km
Aït Ziam Morocco Village - 68 km
Rodbet Morocco Village - 68 km
Jafeb Morocco Village - 68 km
Beni Mediene Morocco Village - 69 km
Ibouaïdene Morocco Village - 69 km
Aït Secrit Morocco Village - 69 km
Ali Ouzinib Morocco Village - 69 km
Ait Aisa Morocco Village - 70 km
Altal Triga Morocco Village - 70 km
Bemmekrim Morocco Village - 70 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
Charif Al Idrissi AHU 27 Civ. Paved Yes 7000 52 km
Melilla MLN 47 Civ. Paved Yes 4400 76 km
Taouima 3 0 86 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Al Hoceima MAAHU Morocco 47 km
Cape Tres Forcas Morocco 65 km
Alboran Island Spain 68 km
Melilla ESMLN Spain 76 km
Port Nador MANDR Morocco 78 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim el Khattabi Neckor 1981 60 km

More information

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