Seismic activity increases in the Mediterranean off northern Morocco

Several seismic tremors have recently been recorded in the Mediterranean, off the coast of northern Morocco. Nasser Jabour, director of the National Institute of Geophysics ING, reported observing multiple clusters of earthquakes in this area, with some reaching a magnitude of 3 on the Richter scale. Despite this increase in tremors, Jabour stated that only one earthquake was slightly felt in the northern provinces of the Kingdom, while others were solely detected and recorded by the national seismic monitoring network. Jabour noted a decrease in seismic activity since Wednesday, with the situation returning to its usual level of six to seven events recorded every 24 hours across the national territory and in offshore Atlantic zones. The region regularly experiences earthquakes due to its proximity to the boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates. Their continuous convergence generates regular seismic activity, particularly in the Alboran Sea and offshore Mediterranean areas. Most tremors in this region are of low magnitude and go unnoticed, continuously detected by the ING's monitoring networks. A succession of small earthquakes, sometimes grouped into "clusters" or seismic swarms, does not necessarily indicate an impending larger earthquake.