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09-09-2023
RABAT: More than 800 people have been killed after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night, according to state TV. The toll makes it the deadliest earthquake to hit Morocco in decades.
Rescue teams are reportedly struggling to reach the most affected areas.
The epicenter was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 72 kilometers (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakech, a city of some 840,000 people and a popular tourist destination.
The quake was the strongest to hit that part of the North African nation in more than 120 years, according to the US Geological Survey.
Marrakech’s historic walls, a set of defensive ramparts first laid out in the early 12th century, have been damaged.
The death toll for the Morocco earthquake has risen to 820, with 672 people injured, Morocco’s state television Al Aoula said, citing the Interior Ministry.
There are 205 people in critical condition, Al Aoula added.
The deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night is the worst the country has seen for years.
At least 632 people were killed, and 329 others were wounded including 51 in critical condition, state-run TV Al Aoula reported, citing Morocco’s Interior Ministry.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it was the strongest tremor to hit that part of the North African nation in more than a century.
Not since 2004 has the country seen a comparative disaster, when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the port city of Al Hoceima.
That earthquake left around 630 people dead and caused widespread damage.
Morocco’s worst earthquake of modern times was in 1960 near the western city of Agadir which killed at least 12,000 people.
Leaders and diplomats from around the globe extended their condolences and solidarity to Morocco following a devastating earthquake that struck near the popular tourist destination of Marrakesh on Saturday.
The earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, struck late on Friday and resulted in the unfortunate loss of over 800 lives, with 329 individuals sustaining injuries, including 51 in critical condition, as reported by Moroccan authorities.
Leaders from various nations worldwide expressed their support including USA, France Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Ukraine, India, Turkey, Israel,
UAE, Russia and KSA. (Int’l News Desk)
