Magnitude-4.4 Quake Recorded Off Driouch Province

Rabat – A quake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded Saturday off the coast of the province of Driouch, said the National Institute of Geophysics (ING).

The tremor, whose epicenter is located off the coast of the province of Driouch, occured at 02:36:05 p.m. (GMT), said the ING National Seismic Monitoring Network in an alert bulletin.

At a depth of 06 Kilometers, the tremor took place at a latitude of 35.678 °N and a longitude of 3.590 °W, according to the same source.