A tremor of magnitude 4.6the first aftershock that exceeds 4.5 since the earthquake on the 8th that left almost 3,000 deadshook the area of the Atlas affected at 6:53 local time (5:53 GMT time) and felt in the city of Marrakech.
From the earthquake of magnitude between 6.8 and 7 (depending on the organism that measures it) occurred six days ago, there have been multitude of replicas in the area and some have felt, such as a 3.9 this Wednesday, which in the village of Imi N’Tala led the rescue services to ask journalists to leave the area due to the danger of landslides.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the tremor felt this Thursday was magnitude 4.6 and occurred at 9.7 kilometers deep near Ighilthe same Atlas Mountain village that was the epicenter of the deadly quake.
It is the most important aftershock recorded by Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) since the deadly earthquake. During this time, there have been about thirty small earthquakes of more than 3.4 magnitude and the highest so far, at 4.3, occurred last Tuesday morning.
Source: Lasexta
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