An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred 39 minutes ago 72 km northwest of Errachidia, Morocco, the United States Geological Survey reported.The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Errachidia, Errachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco, in the evening on Monday, August 3rd, 2026, at 9:14 pm local time. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.Our monitoring service identified a second report from Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.7, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 4.7, the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA) at magnitude 4.4, Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) at magnitude 4.5, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.7.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Tounfit (pop. 8,900) located 32 km from the epicenter, Boumia (pop. 17,100) 58 km away, Goulmima (pop. 17,900) 59 km away, Rich (pop. 28,400) 59 km away, Midelt (pop. 60,400) 65 km away, Errachidia (pop. 100,900) 72 km away, Tinghir (pop. 45,900) 85 km away, Khenifra (pop. 128,300) 96 km away, and Beni Mellal (pop. 210,400) 116 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Aug 3, 2026 09:14 pm (Casablanca time) local time (3 Aug 2026 20:14 GMT)Magnitude: 4.7Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 32.2°N / 5.12°W (Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco)Primary data source: USGS