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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/05 18:31
Universal datetime 2016/03/05 18:31
Latitude 26.88 ° ± 10 km
Longitude -17.64 ° ± 14 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Marrakesh  1074 839296
Agadir  877 698310
Nouakchott  989 661400
Las Palmas  257 378495
Safi  1012 288163
Santa Cruz de Tenerife  223 222190
Laayoune  442 188084
El Jadida  1128 147549
Funchal  643 100847
Goulimine  780 98229
Ad Dakhla  391 75000
Nouadhibou  665 72337
Tan Tan  668 61924
Tiznit  836 55092
Arrecife  465 52944

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 3.01
Azimuthal gap 133.22 °
Number of stations used 6
Number of phases used 6

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II ASCN P 18:38:17.87 -0.03 174.32 34.96 Automatic
II FFC P 18:42:07.67 -1.79 320.71 65.17 Automatic
II KURK P 18:42:57.87 -1.85 41.1 73.24 Automatic
IU ANMO P 18:43:00.67 -4.13 301.55 74.09 Automatic
IU TUC P 18:43:33.82 4.26 300.53 78.44 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:44:07.57 3.53 358.47 85 Automatic