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25-01-2016 : Information on the Al Hoceima earthquake of 25/01/2016 at 04h22 UT
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 was detected and located on 25 January 2016 at 04h22 UT (05h22 Spanish and French local time). Its epicentre was located approximately 50 km north of Al Hoceima (Morocco), a region affected by earthquakes of similar magnitude in 1994 and 2004.
The seismic activity of the region is produced by the convergence between Africa and Eurasia, accommodated to some extent by the activation of strike-slip faults along the trans-Alboran shear zone, a transcurrent fault zone which slips at a rate of nearly 0.5 cm per annum.
  
29-10-2015 : Information on the Perpignan earthquake of 29/10/2015 at 00h37 UT
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 was detected and located on 29 October 2015 at 00h37 UT (01h37 French local time). Its epicentre is located in Catalonia, approximately 43 km to the south-east of Perpignan. Seven aftershocks were detected in the hours which followed, the strongest being of magnitude 1.8.
  
26-10-2015 : Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 in the north of Afghanistan
An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred in the north of Afghanistan on 26 October 2015 at 09:09:31 UT. The epicentre of this earthquake is located at approximately 200 km under the Hindu Kush range.
  
16-09-2015 : Earthquake of magnitude 8.3 off the coast of central Chile and associated tsunami
An earthquake of magnitude MW 8.3 took place on Wednesday 16 September 2015 at 22h54 Universal Time (19h54 local time, 00h54 Paris time).
  
22-05-2015 : Information about earthquake near Dover on 22/05/2015 at 01:52 UT
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 was detected and located on 22 May 2015 at 01:52 UT (02h52 British Summer Time and 03h52 French local time), with an epicentre approximately 24 km north of Dover (United Kingdom). Although the seismicity of the region is considered as weak, several earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5 have been observed in this area over the last few centuries.
  
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