A magnitude 4.6 tremor, the first aftershock that exceeds 4.5 since the earthquake on the 8th that left almost 3,000 dead, shook the affected Atlas area at 6:53 a.m. local time and was felt in the city of Marrakech.
Since the earthquake of magnitude between 6.8 and 7 (depending on the organization that measures it) occurred six days ago, there have been many aftershocks in the area and some have been felt, such as one of 3.9 yesterday Wednesday, which in The village of Imi N’Tala led 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 of magnitude 4.6 and occurred at a depth of 9.7 kilometers near Ighil, the same village in the Atlas Mountains. which was the epicenter of the deadly earthquake.
It is the most important aftershock recorded by Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) since the deadly earthquake. In this time, there have been about thirty small earthquakes of more than 3.4 magnitude and the highest so far, 4.3, occurred last Tuesday morning.
