M 6.3 in Morocco on 25 Jan 2016 04:22 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: 6.3M
Depth: 15 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.73 , -3.74
Event Date: 25 Jan 2016 04:22 UTC
25 Jan 2016 04:22 Local
Exposed Population: 845457 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=484213
Inserted at: 25 Jan 2016 09:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.7 0.7
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=484213 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1116267 0.7 25 Jan 2016 04:22 6.1M, 10km 4.48 880 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
1116268 0.7 25 Jan 2016 04:22 6.2M, 10km N/A 1 million (in 100km) 00:23 EMSC
1116352 0.7 25 Jan 2016 04:22 6.3M, 15km N/A 850 thousand (in 100km) 04:38 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 ,of Eastern (population 3,392) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population
no people
no people
40000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1116267 35.741/-3.597 6.1 10 4.48 17 Oct 2016 11:03 266d 06:41 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Eastern Morocco 3400 people
Centre-North Morocco 36000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Charif Al Idrissi AHU 27 Civ. Paved Yes 7000 66 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Al Hoceima MAAHU Morocco 61 km

More information

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