Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 17 km south of Mostaganem, Algeria, on Thursday, 22 May 2014 at 05:22 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 17 km south of Mostaganem, Algeria, on Thursday, 22 May 2014 at 05:22 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 0 km depth

22 May 06:54 UTC: First to report: IGN after 1 hour and 32 minutes.
Date & time: 22 May 2014 05:22:02 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 0.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.779°N / 0.1174°E (Mostaganem, Algeria)
Nearby towns and cities:
17 km (11 mi) S of Mostaganem (pop: 130,000) --> See nearby quakes!
38 km (24 mi) E of Aïn el Bya (Oran) (pop: 37,200) --> See nearby quakes!
40 km (25 mi) NE of Saint-Denis-du-Sig (Mascara) (pop: 58,900) --> See nearby quakes!
40 km (25 mi) W of Relizane (pop: 130,100) --> See nearby quakes!
43 km (26 mi) N of Mascara (pop: 150,000) --> See nearby quakes!
54 km (33 mi) NNE of Bou Hanifia el Hamamat (Bou Hanifia, Mascara) (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
59 km (37 mi) ENE of Sidi ech Chahmi (Oran) (pop: 35,500) --> See nearby quakes!
60 km (37 mi) E of Bir el Djir (Oran) (pop: 68,000) --> See nearby quakes!
69 km (43 mi) E of Oran (pop: 646,000) --> See nearby quakes!
287 km (178 mi) WSW of Algiers (pop: 1,977,700) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.810 km NORTHERN ALGERIAEMSC
M 4.910 km21km SE of Mostaganem, AlgeriaUSGS
M 5.0 kmS MOSTAGANEM.ARGIGN

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Yellel,relizane,algeria / Light shaking (MMI IV)
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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake 17 km south of Mostaganem, Algeria, 22 May 2014 05:22 GMT

More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):
  • 22 May 2014 06:53 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    0 km (0 mi) depth
    |
    14 km (8 mi) distance
    | IGN | Details
  • 22 May 2014 05:33 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | IGN | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 17 km south of Mostaganem, Algeria, on Thursday, 22 May 2014 at 05:22 (GMT)
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