Morocco : 4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Driouch province

A 4.5-magnitude telluric tremor on the Richter scale was recorded on Monday in Morocco's Driouch province, according to the National Institute of Geophysics (ING).

The tremor's epicenter is located off the coast of Driouch province. It occurred at 1:40 AM (GMT+1), the ING's National Seismic Monitoring and Warning Network said in a seismic alert bulletin.

The tremor struck at a depth of 16 km, at a latitude of 35.531°N and a longitude of 3.502°W, according to the ING.