M 5.5 in Strait Of Gibraltar on 20 May 2022 12:35 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.4993 , -3.4919
Event Date: 20 May 2022 12:35 UTC
20 May 2022 13:35 Local
Exposed Population: 1.2 million in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000hmld
Inserted at: 20 May 2022 12:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hmld Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1444183 0 20 May 2022 12:35 5.5M, 10km 4.44 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
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 110,170) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1444183 35.499/-3.492 5.5 10.0 4.579 20 May 2022 12:59 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1444183 35.499/-3.492 5.5 10.0 4.579 20 May 2022 13:13 00:37 (upd of #1)
3 0 1444183 35.499/-3.492 5.5 10.0 4.579 20 May 2022 14:41 02:06 (upd of #2)
4 0 1444183 35.499/-3.492 5.5 10.0 4.588 20 May 2022 21:34 08:58 (upd of #3)
5 0 1444183 35.499/-3.492 5.5 10.0 4.588 21 May 2022 12:40 1d 00:04 (upd of #4)
6 0 1444183 35.529/-3.473 5.5 10.0 4.438 30 May 2022 06:51 9d 18:15 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Eastern Morocco 700000 people
Centre-North Morocco 190000 people
Melilla Spain 98000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Boudinar Morocco Village - 40 km
Ben Tieb Morocco Village - 49 km
Al Hoceïma Morocco City 55000 people 49 km
Melilla Melilla Spain Village 67000 people 53 km
Dar Drius Morocco Village - 57 km
Izmorene Morocco Village - 57 km
Taguidit Morocco Village - 74 km

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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 48 km
Melilla MLN 47 Civ. Paved Yes 4400 54 km
Taouima 3 0 64 km
Arwi NDR 174 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 71 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cape Tres Forcas Morocco 46 km
Al Hoceima MAAHU Morocco 47 km
Melilla ESMLN Spain 55 km
Port Nador MANDR Morocco 57 km
Alboran Island Spain 65 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim el Khattabi Neckor 1981 53 km

More information

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