The tremor, whose epicenter is located off the coast of the province of Driouch, occured at 6H 03min 14sec p.m. (GMT), said the National Network of Monitoring and Seismic Alert, under the said Institute.
At a depth of 18 kilometers, the quake took place at a latitude of 35.494 °N and a longitude of 3.632 °W, according to the same source.