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Rabat – Two earthquakes hit the province of Driouch, 231 kilometer from Oujda in eastern Morocco on Sunday, November 24.
A statement from the National Institute of Geophysics said that the earthquakes, of magnitude 3.1 and 3.5 degrees on the Richter scale, were recorded at 10:32 a.m. and 10:34 respectively.
The first earthquake’s depth reached 17 kilometers, 34.935 degrees north and 3.764 degrees west.
The second’s quake depth reached 23 kilometers, 34.974 north and of 3.746 degrees west.
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At the time of writing, no major damages or casualties have been reported.
These latest earthquakes are not the first of their kind. Last week, Midelt, a town in central Morocco, experienced three earthquakes of similar magnitudes.
The first earthquake took place on November 17 at 9:39 a.m. and reportedly had a magnitude of 5.3.
The second quake took place at 3:39 p.m. on the same day, ranking 4.3 in magnitude on the Richter scale.
The third earthquake, which had a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale, hit province of Midelt on Thursday, November 21.
