Small tremor of magnitude 3.5 just reported 35 km northeast of Al Hoceima, Morocco

Just 8 minutes ago, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Al Hoceima, Al-Hoceima, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Monday, September 22nd, 2025, at 12:54 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA), which listed it as a magnitude 3.4 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 3.5, and Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) at magnitude 3.5.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Al Hoceima (pop. 395,600) located 35 km from the epicenter, Tirhanimine (pop. 55,800) 38 km away, Imzouren (pop. 40,000) 41 km away, Bni Bouayach (pop. 20,000) 45 km away, and Ben Taieb (pop. 15,600) 52 km away. In Midar (pop. 16,400, 61 km away), Driouch (pop. 16,100, 62 km away), Beni Enzar (pop. 61,800, 71 km away), and Nador (pop. 176,600, 75 km away), the quake was probably not felt.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: Sep 22, 2025 12:54 am (GMT +1) local time (21 Sep 2025 23:54 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.5
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.48°N / 3.67°W (Morocco)
Primary data source: EMSC
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