AL HOCEIMA, Feb.25 - A new quake, measuring 4.5 degrees on the Richter scale, was reported today at 12:45 (GMT and local time) in the northeastern city of Al-Hoceima, in the same region that was jolted on Tuesday (02.30 am) by a quake, of a 6.5 magnitude.
The magnitude of today's tremor was
located at the Arbaa Taourirt commune. This is the third powerful aftershock
of the day, according to the geophysics lab of the national center of scientific
and technical research.
A person died in the locality of Imzouren (16 km south of Al Hoceima) as two houses collapsed in the aftershocks.
At least 564 people died and 300 others were wounded in Tuesday's quake.
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