Residents in Rabat reported feeling a minor earthquake that also affected nearby cities, including Sale and other cities across Morocco
Residents of Meknes and surrounding cities also reported feeling the quake.
According to earthquake trackers, the quake measured 2.9 in magnitude at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Other sources also reported a separate earthquake of magnitude 3.9 near the Strait of Gibraltar on March 17 at 23:24 GMT, at a depth of 97 kilometers.
Earlier this month, a magnitude 4 earthquake also struck Morocco’s Sidi Kacem province. The National Institute of Geophysics (ING) located the epicenter in the commune of Sidi Ahmed Benaissa.
ING classified the tremor as “felt” but described it as ordinary, stating the province has experienced similar seismic events in the past. The ING director said that while Sidi Kacem does not exhibit notable seismic activity, Morocco has recently recorded sporadic earthquake clusters across various locations in the country.
The country’s seismic exposure stems from its proximity to the boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates, known as the Azores-Gibraltar transform fault. The greatest seismic hazard concentrates in the northern regions, closest to this boundary.
