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2016 Strait of Gibraltar earthquake

2016 CE · Morocco, Africa · Disaster

The 2016 Alboran Sea earthquake struck offshore, north northeast of Al Hoceïma, Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar on 25 January at 04:22:02 UTC, or roughly 05:22:02 West Africa Time. At its strongest in the Alboran Sea, the earthquake measured 6. 3–6. 4 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) at a shallow hypocenter depth of 12 km (7. 5 mi).

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