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Powerful Earthquake strikes Morocco, damaging buildings and sending people into the streets

A powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday, damaging buildings in major cities and sending panicked people pouring into streets and alleyways from the capital Rabat to Marrakech, the county’s most visited tourist destination.

There was no immediate word on whether there were any injuries or deaths. Government officials had made no comment on the extent of the quake’s impact as of early Saturday.

Moroccans posted videos showing some buildings turned to rubble and dust and parts of the famous red walls that surround the old city in historic Marrakech damaged. Tourists and others posted videos of people evacuating restaurants in the city as throbbing club music played.


Reports on damage and any casualties often take time to filter in after many earthquakes, particularly those that hit in the middle of the night.

Rather than return to concrete buildings, men, women and children stayed out in the streets worried about aftershocks and other reverberations that could cause their homes to sway.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 when it hit at 11:11 p.m. (2211 GMT), with shaking that lasted several seconds. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it at 7 on the Richter scale. The U.S. agency reported a magnitudue-4.9 aftershock hit 19 minutes later.

Variations in early measurements are common, although either reading would be Morocco’s strongest in years. Though earthquakes are relatively rare in North Africa, a magnitude 5.8 tremor struck near Agadir and caused thousands of deaths in 1960.

The epicenter of Friday’s tremor was high in the Atlas Mountains roughly 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) south of Marrakech. It was also near Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa and Oukaimeden, a popular Moroccan ski resort.

The USGS said the epicenter was 18 kilometers (11 miles) below the Earth’s surface, while Morocco’s seismic agency put it at 8 kilometers (5 miles) down.

Beyond reports on the quake’s magnitude, neither Moroccan officials nor MAP, Morocco’s official news agency, had published any information about casualties or damages as of early Saturday. Government officials typically use the agency to communicate information about important matters.

https://apnews.com/article/morocco-earthquake-marraskesh-7f4a503009dede0dec0208c08d6b100b

May God heal their love ones.

So sad to get to read this..

Nature and man fighting

Righteousness running to this thread with the speed of light.

God epp us

What a sad day for the Moroccans people. Here in Nigeria, we don't witness natural disaster, what we witnessed is leadership disaster.
May God punish Nigerian politicians forever and ever amen.
Wicked useless heartless beasts

I dedicate this page to the world is about to end crew
Happy anniversary 😁😁

Hmmm, I saw an amateur video of one in Kaduna state yesterday, don't know how truth it is.

Hmmmm!!!
God please,save them.
It's well with them in Jesus name.

It's well oh.

Damn

TemplarLandry:

Seun, try to program this your robot well so it can comment on every topic.

Oh Lord!!!
Over 300 dead already?!
This is so sad mehn!

May the Souls of the departed Rest in Perfect peace.

Update :

After just an hour,
Breaking News on CNN says it is now over 600+ killed!!

Oh nooooo,
This is too bad and sad!

Aposteli1:
Hmmmm!!!
God please,save them.
It's well with them in Jesus name.

Amen in Jesus mighty name.
God bless you Apostle

I never knew Morrocco was prone to earthquakes.

Like, where are those Tectonic Plate guys?

This is one of the things we don't get to hear it's occurrence in Nigeria.

I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist.
Morocco has been a top tourist destination for Europeans and I think someone is not happy about that.
We see that Morocco already have one of the top ten fastest train in the world.
They don’t want Africa to grow, it’s the biggest threat for them

Our own natural disaster is bad leadership.

Artifical earthquake

Godjone:

What a sad day for the Moroccans people. Here in Nigeria, we don't witness natural disaster, what we witnessed is leadership disaster.
May God punish Nigerian politicians forever and ever amen.
Wicked useless heartless beasts

flooding is a natural disaster which is witnessed in some part of Nigeria

Update :

After just an hour,
Breaking News on CNN says it is now over 600+ killed!!

Oh nooooo,
This is too bad and sad!

Direct energy weapon, earthquake don't happen in such places

sarkinbauchi:

https://apnews.com/article/morocco-earthquake-marraskesh-7f4a503009dede0dec0208c08d6b100b

I expected this news to come from one guy but this time, I was disappointed and at the same time relieved after opening the thread. I don't even want to mention his name.