List of earthquakes in Morocco

This is a list of significant earthquakes that either had their epicentres in Morocco or had a significant impact in the country.

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2016

2004

1969

1960

Epicentres of major earthquakes in Morocco with year of occurrence since 1900

Seismicity in Morocco

Northern Morocco lies close to the boundary between the African plate and the Eurasian plate, the Azores–Gibraltar transform fault. This zone of right-lateral strike-slip becomes transpressional at its eastern end, with the development of large thrust faults. To the east of the Strait of Gibraltar, in the Alboran Sea, the boundary becomes collisional in type. Most of the seismicity in Morocco is related to movement on that plate boundary, with the greatest seismic hazard in the north of the country, close to the boundary.^[1]

Earthquakes

Date	Region	MMI	Mag.	Deaths	Injuries	Note	Ref
2023-09-08	Marrakesh-Safi	IX	6.8 Mw	2,960	5,674	Extreme damage	[2][3]
2019-11-17	Drâa-Tafilalet	VI	5.2 Mw			Various houses damaged in Midelt	[4]
2016-01-25	Al Hoceima	V	6.3 Mw	1	15	Moderate damage	[5]
2007-02-12	Portugal, Morocco		6.0 Mw			Minor damage	[6]
2004-02-24	Al Hoceima	IX	6.3 Mw	628–631	926	Severe damage
1992-10-23	Errachidia	VI	5.5 Mw	2		Damage in Erfoud and Rissani[7]
1969-02-28	Portugal, Morocco	VII	7.8 Mw	13	80	Moderate damage
1960-02-29	Agadir	X	5.8 Mw	12,000–15,000	12,000	Extreme damage
1909-01-29	Tétouan			100			[8]
1761-03-31	Portugal, Morocco, Spain	VII-IX	8.5 Ms	Unknown	Unknown	Tsunami
1755-11-27	Meknes	IX	6.5–7.0 Mw	15,000		Severe damage	[9]
1755-11-01	Portugal, Morocco, Spain	VII–VIII	7.7–9.0 Mw	Several thousand		Considerable damage / tsunami	[1]
1624-05-11	Fez	IX	6.0 Mw	Thousands		Extreme damage	[1]
1522-09-22	Spain, Morocco	VIII–IX		Several hundred		Severe damage – Epicenter in the Alboran Sea	[1]
Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events are listed.

See also

• Geology of Morocco