2023-09-09 13:09:41
At least 820 people died in the earthquake that shook Morocco on Friday night, with the epicenter near the tourist city of Marrakech, the Ministry of the Interior announced this Saturday.
The strong earthquake, magnitude 6.8 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), dleft 672 injured, 205 of them seriously, according to a statement from the ministry.
According to the AFP news agency, A previous balance put the dead at 632 and the injured at 329.
The earthquake was also felt in coastal cities such as the capital Rabat, Casablanca and Essaouira, as well as in several provinces in the west of Algeria, the neighboring country, but its civil defense department ruled out damage or victims.
Morocco experiences frequent earthquakesa in its northern region, due to its position between the African and Eurasian plates.
In 2004, at least 628 people were killed and 926 injured. when an earthquake hit Al Hoceima, in the northeast of the country.
While in 1980, the El Asnam earthquake of magnitude 7.3 in neighboring Algeria was one of the most destructive earthquakes in contemporary history, leaving 2,500 dead and at least 300,000 homeless.
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