Many survivors of Morocco’s most powerful earthquake in over a century were struggling in makeshift shelters on Tuesday after a fourth night outside, with rescuers yet to reach remote mountain villages which suffered some of the worst devastation. The death toll from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck in the High Atlas Mountains late on … Read more
The eight-year-old was found under a meter of rubble Tafeghaghte: Hamid ben Henna had just asked his young son Marouane to fetch a knife to cut a melon for the family’s evening meal when Morocco’s earthquake hit on Friday night. With the weekend beginning, they had been enjoying a lamb and vegetable tagine stew and … Read more
Many houses in remote mountain villages were built from mud bricks. Tafeghaghte: Using heavy equipment and even their bare hands, rescuers in Morocco on Sunday stepped up efforts to find survivors of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people and flattened villages. The first foreign rescuers flew in to help after the North … Read more
AMIZMIZ, MOROCCO: Rescuers dug through rubble for survivors in collapsed houses in remote mountain villages of Morocco on Saturday, in the wake of the country’s deadliest earthquake for more than six decades, which killed more than 1,000 people.The quake which struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday night damaged historic buildings in Marrakech … Read more
Tourists and others posted videos of people screaming and evacuating restaurants in the city as throbbing club music played. Rabat: A powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing hundreds of people and damaging buildings and historic landmarks in major cities. The Moroccan Interior Ministry said the death toll in a massive earthquake rose to … Read more
Moroccan citizens shared videos showing the aftermath of the earthquake, with buildings reduced to rubble and dust. Parts of the iconic red walls surrounding Marrakech’s historic old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site, were also damaged. Morocco Earthquake: Terrifying Videos Of Buildings Shaking Violently, Reduced To Rubble & Dust Goes Viral Rabat: At least 296 … Read more
A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwest of Marrakesh, Morocco late Friday. Washington: At least 31 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Morocco on Friday night, local media reported. Twenty-seven people died in the region of the tourist city Marrakech, 320 kilometres south of capital Rabat, and four others in the province of Ouarzazate … Read more