M 3.1 in Morocco on 18 Jul 2009 07:18 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: 3.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.08 , -4.03
Event Date: 18 Jul 2009 07:18 UTC
18 Jul 2009 08:18 Local
Exposed Population:
1920000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2009 09:44 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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
61627 0.5 18 Jul 2009 07:18 3.1M, 10km N/A 1.9 million (in 100km) 02:26 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, T�touan, Abou Salah, A�ch Tebene, A' urno�k, Dardount, Afsine, A�t Ziam, Izmorene, Taguidit, and Mendout.

Radius Population
100 km 2 million people
75 km 920000 people
50 km 520000 people
20 km 170000 people
10 km 33000 people
5 km 9000 people
2 km 1100 people

Affected Provinces

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

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
A�t Ziam Morocco Village - 3 km
A�t Secrit Morocco Village - 3 km
A�ch Tebene Morocco Village - 6 km
Afsine Morocco Village - 7 km
Abou Salah Morocco Village - 11 km
Izmorene Morocco Village - 11 km
Bo�chanchet Morocco Village - 11 km
A' urno�k Morocco Village - 12 km
Dardount Morocco Village - 12 km
A�t Cha�b Morocco Village - 12 km
Mendout Morocco Village - 12 km
Taguidit Morocco Village - 13 km
T�touan Morocco Major city 320000 people 133 km
F�s Morocco Major city - 147 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 19 km
Arwi NDR 174 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 92 km
Taza 575 Civ. Unpaved No 5200 96 km
Melilla MLN 47 Civ. Paved Yes 4400 100 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Al Hoceima MAAHU Morocco 21 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim el Khattabi Neckor 1981 21 km

More information

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