Rabat — A quake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale was recorded Thursday in Al Hoceima province, said the National Institute of Geophysics (ING).
The tremor, whose epicenter is located in the commune of Ait Youssef Ouali, occured at 2H 54min 26sec a.m. (GMT+1), said the National Network of Monitoring and Seismic Alert, under the said Institute.
At a depth of 17 kilometers, the quake took place at a latitude of 35.220°N and a longitude of 3.872°W, according to the same source.