Moderate magnitude 4.0 quake hits 72 km northeast of Tetouan, Morocco early evening

Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Tetouan, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco. The tremor was recorded early evening on Thursday, January 8th, 2026, at 6:32 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 75.20 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 citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.0 earthquake as well. A third agency, Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.0.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Oued Laou (pop. 10,600) located 56 km from the epicenter, Martil (pop. 70,300) 62 km away, Mdiq (pop. 61,400) 66 km away, Fnidek (pop. 84,600) 68 km away, and Tetouan (pop. 415,800) 72 km away. In Gibraltar (pop. 26,500, 80 km away), Al Hoceima (pop. 395,600, 83 km away), and Tirhanimine (pop. 55,800, 83 km away), the quake was probably not felt.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jan 8, 2026 06:32 pm (GMT +1) local time (8 Jan 2026 17:32 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 75.20 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.76°N / 4.61°W (Morocco)
Primary data source: EMSC
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