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style="display:none">Show map of Spain</span></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> time</th><td class="infobox-data">2016-01-25 04:22:02</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Seismological_Centre" title="International Seismological Centre">ISC</a> event</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.isc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/FormatBibprint.pl?evid=608278395">608278395</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">USGS-<a href="/wiki/Advanced_National_Seismic_System" title="Advanced National Seismic System">ANSS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10004gy9">ComCat</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local date</th><td class="infobox-data">25 January 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2016-01-25</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Magnitude</th><td class="infobox-data">6.3–6.4 <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mw" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000005-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Moment mag. scale">M<sub>w</sub></span></a><br />6.3 <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Ms" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Surface-wave mag.">M<sub>s</sub></span></a><sup id="cite_ref-GCMT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCMT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depth</th><td class="infobox-data">12 km (7.5 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Epicenter</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2016_Alboran_Sea_earthquake&params=35.649_N_3.682_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°38′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°40′55″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.649°N 3.682°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.649; -3.682</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)#Strike-slip_faults" title="Fault (geology)">Strike-slip</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> & <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Maximum">Max.</abbr> intensity</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 0); padding:4px; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale#mmi-6" title="Modified Mercalli intensity scale"><span style="color:black;">MMI VI (<i>Strong</i>)</span></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-USGS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foreshocks</th><td class="infobox-data">One recorded </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Aftershocks</th><td class="infobox-data">>2350 recorded from 25 Jan to 13 May </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Casualties</th><td class="infobox-data">1 dead, ~30 injured</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2016 Alboran Sea earthquake</b> struck offshore, north northeast of <a href="/wiki/Al_Hoce%C3%AFma" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Hoceïma">Al Hoceïma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar" title="Strait of Gibraltar">Strait of Gibraltar</a> on 25 January at 04:22:02 UTC, or roughly 05:22:02 <a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">West Africa Time</a>. At its strongest in the <a href="/wiki/Alboran_Sea" title="Alboran Sea">Alboran Sea</a>, the earthquake measured 6.3–6.4 on the <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">moment magnitude scale</a> (M<sub>w</sub> ) at a shallow <a href="/wiki/Hypocenter" title="Hypocenter">hypocenter</a> depth of 12 km (7.5 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-EMSC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EMSC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GCMT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCMT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assigned a maximum <a href="/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Modified Mercalli scale">Modified Mercalli scale</a> intensity of VI (<i>Strong</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the earthquake caused one fatality, injuries to at least 30 persons, and moderate damage in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Alboran_Sea_earthquake&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar" title="Strait of Gibraltar">Strait of Gibraltar</a> sits atop a convergent boundary where the <a href="/wiki/Nubian_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubian plate">Nubian plate</a>, a fragment of the <a href="/wiki/African_plate" title="African plate">African plate</a>, is colliding with the <a href="/wiki/Iberian_plate" title="Iberian plate">Iberian plate</a> (part of the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_plate" title="Eurasian plate">Eurasian plate</a>) at a rate of 5 mm/yr. The northwest–southeast convergence between the two plates results in the occurrence of active shallow faulting offshore and onshore. The Trans-Alboran Shear Zone; a seismic zone measuring 500-km-long by 80-km-wide accommodates the interaction between the two plates. Seismic activity associated with these shallow faults are characterized by their small to moderately size in magnitudes with thrust, strike-slip or normal focal mechanisms.<sup id="cite_ref-Gràcia_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gràcia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historical earthquakes associated with the seismogenic zone have been locally devastating, causing large loss of life. The most damaging earthquake in recent history occurred on <a href="/wiki/2004_Al_Hoceima_earthquake" title="2004 Al Hoceima earthquake">24 February 2004</a> when a M<sub>w</sub>  6.4 quake struck <a href="/wiki/Al_Hoce%C3%AFma" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Hoceïma">Al Hoceïma</a>, killing at least 628 people. Major events also occurred in <a href="/wiki/1804_Almer%C3%ADa_earthquake" title="1804 Almería earthquake">1804</a>, 1910, and 1994. The deadly <a href="/wiki/1522_Almer%C3%ADa_earthquake" title="1522 Almería earthquake">1522 Almería earthquake</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> is associated with shallow faulting within this seismic zone.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides the presence of shallow seismicity, intermediate to <a href="/wiki/Deep-focus_earthquake" title="Deep-focus earthquake">deep-focus</a> earthquakes have occurred in the surrounding area as well. The largest deep-focus quake was an M<sub>w</sub>  7.8 which <a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Spain_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Spain earthquake (page does not exist)">struck</a> the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_M%C3%A1laga" title="Province of Málaga">Province of Málaga</a> in <a href="/wiki/Andalusia" title="Andalusia">Andalusia</a>, Spain at a great depth of 626.2 km (389.1 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Spain7.8_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spain7.8-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Little is known about the origins of deep-focus earthquakes beneath the Alboran Sea, with theories suggesting an oceanic <a href="/wiki/Lithosphere" title="Lithosphere">lithosphere</a> is <a href="/wiki/Subducting" class="mw-redirect" title="Subducting">subducting</a> to the east along the <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_Arc" title="Gibraltar Arc">Gibraltar Arc</a> at a near-vertical dip at depth, or some complex slab <a href="/wiki/Delamination_(geology)" title="Delamination (geology)">delamination</a> processes.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earthquake">Earthquake</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Alboran_Sea_earthquake&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Earthquake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The M<sub>w</sub>  6.3–6.4 mainshock resulted from shallow left-lateral strike-slip faulting along the 100-km-long Al-Idrissi Fault.<sup id="cite_ref-Espino_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Espino-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mainshock ruptured for a length of approximately 21 km (13 mi) in a northeast direction at a velocity of 3.0 km/s.<sup id="cite_ref-Stich_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stich-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A maximum fault displacement of 0.6 meters was estimated near the hypocenter of the quake on the fault.<sup id="cite_ref-Gràcia_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gràcia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreshock_and_aftershocks">Foreshock and aftershocks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Alboran_Sea_earthquake&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foreshock and aftershocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Four days prior (21 January) to the <a href="/wiki/Mainshock" title="Mainshock">mainshock</a>, an M<sub>wr</sub>  5.1 earthquake struck with an epicenter southeast of the <a href="/wiki/Mainshock" title="Mainshock">mainshock</a> at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). The <a href="/wiki/Foreshock" title="Foreshock">foreshock</a> caused no damage but was felt III (<i>Weak</i>) at its maximum in <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1laga" title="Málaga">Málaga</a>, Spain. It was also felt in <a href="/wiki/Nador" title="Nador">Nador</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tangier" title="Tangier">Tangier</a>, Morocco.<sup id="cite_ref-Mwr_5.1_FS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mwr_5.1_FS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This foreshock was the first recorded in the 2016 Alboran earthquake sequence. </p><p>Twenty-four <a href="/wiki/Aftershock" title="Aftershock">aftershocks</a> measuring 4.0 or greater were recorded by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Geological_Survey" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Geological Survey">U.S. Geological Survey</a>. Four of the aftershocks had magnitudes greater than 5.0, with the largest measuring a 5.3 just over ten minutes after the <a href="/wiki/Mainshock" title="Mainshock">mainshock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5.3_AS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5.3_AS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aftershocks were strong enough to be felt in Morocco and Spain. The <a href="/wiki/Focal_mechanism" title="Focal mechanism">focal mechanisms</a> for the largest aftershocks featured shallow reverse faulting. A total of more than 2350 aftershocks were recorded from 25 January to 13 May the same year, 197 of them greater or equal to magnitude 3.0.<sup id="cite_ref-Gràcia_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gràcia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stich_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stich-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Alboran_Sea_earthquake&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Al_Hoceima" title="Al Hoceima">Al Hoceima</a>, a 12-year-old boy suffered a heart attack caused by panic during the earthquake, and died after arriving at a hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-Hunter_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunter-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A woman was injured after jumping from a two-storey building for fears that it would collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a>, a Spanish city in North Africa, emergency services received over 200 calls from residents reporting damage to homes and buildings. The power supply was disrupted in some areas in the city. At least 26 people were treated for their injuries that consisted of mainly cuts and bruises. According to the Mayor-President of Melilla, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Imbroda" title="Juan José Imbroda">Juan José Imbroda</a>, schools in the city were closed for damage inspections.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damage including concrete blocks falling from an apartment building was reported in the city. The homes of 160 residents sustained serious damage but they were occupied shortly after the quake. The total damage in the city is estimated at 12 million <a href="/wiki/Euros" class="mw-redirect" title="Euros">euros</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-efe_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efe-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Alboran_Sea_earthquake&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_2016" title="List of earthquakes in 2016">List of earthquakes in 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Morocco" title="List of earthquakes in Morocco">List of earthquakes in Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Spain" title="List of earthquakes in Spain">List of earthquakes in Spain</a></li></ul> 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