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dated March 5, 1960: Upheaval of ocean bed

Soundings taken by the French fleet showed that the earthquake which destroyed Agadir caused a huge upheaval of the ocean bed off the Moroccan coast, depths formerly of 1,500 metres now showing as 40 metres, according to reports from Casablanca on March 3. Observatory reports also show that the level of magnetic energy liberated by the principal Agadir shock reached the scale of seven, the maximum being ten. Vibrations at the level of three on the international scale were recorded 400 kilometres from the scene of the shock, and the main shock was recorded by most of the world's observatories.

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