Morocco has not experienced a disaster of this magnitude since 2004 when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the port city of Al Hoceima, killing around 630 people. The Moroccan state TV said the majority of casualties in the earth...
The Moroccan government has increased rescue efforts and is using heavy equipment to search for survivors of the magnitude-7 earthquake that shook the southern part of Marrakesh on September 8. The rescue teams are continuing to distribute water, food, tents and blankets to quake victims. Though ...
The earthquake damaged many buildings in the old city of Marrakesh, the nearest big city to the epicenter, and many residents had to spend the night in the open space for fear of potential aftershocks, said Zhang Kai, an overseas Chinese living in Marrakesh. Xinhua correspondents at Ouarzazate,...
Morocco is working to rescue survivors of the country’s strongest earthquake in more than a century. Soldiers and aid workers brought water and supplies to mountain villages in ruins after Friday's deadly quake. CBS News' Chris Livesay reports from Marrakech.Sept 11, 2023 ...
The earthquake in Morocco occurred as a result of the collision between two tectonic plates: the Nubian tectonic plate (which the country itself sits on top of) and the Eurasian tectonic plate, about 500km north of the epicentre. These two plates converge at a grinding pace of about 4mm-6m...
The earthquake was especially precarious as it happened at night, when most people were asleep at home.(地震发生在周五晚上11点左右。这不仅是摩洛哥有记录以来最强烈的地震之一,也是该国60多年来最致命的地震。据报道,到目前为止,地震已造成2900多人死亡。这次地震发生在晚上,大多数人都在家里睡觉,因此尤其...
The earthquake was also felt in neighbouring Algeria, where the Algerian Civil Defence said it had not caused any damage or casualties. In 2004, at least 628 people were killed and 926 injured when a quake hit Al Hoceima in northeaster...
The earthquake struck around 11 pm on Friday night. The USGS (US Geological Survey) says that the earthquake had a magnitude of about 6.8. But Morocco’s earthquake center recorded the earthquake as being almost twice that strong.(周五晚上,摩洛哥发生强烈地震。地震发生在周五晚上11点左右。美国...
Anearthquakehas sown destruction and devastation inMorocco, where death and injury counts continued to rise as rescue crews worked todig people out of the rubble, both alive and dead, in villages that were reduced to rubble. Law enforcement and aid workers — Moroccan and international — continu...
Some did so out of fear that new tremors might occur, while others had lost the roofs over their heads due to the recent earthquake. In the hardest-hit villages, the local residents are grieving the loss of many of their neighbors and friends, as reported by BBC journalists who were ...