An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 on the Richter scale shook several cities in the country this Friday night. The tremor was felt around 11:11 p.m. (local time) from the city of Marrakech to the capital, Rabat. The epicenter would be between Marrakech and Agadir.
At least 296 people have died and 153 have been injured in Morocco after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 on the Richter scale shook several cities in the country this Friday night, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior.
The Ministry of the Interior has added that the victims have been transferred to hospital centers to receive the necessary first aid assistance.
The tremor was felt around 11:11 p.m. (local time) from the city of Marrakech to the capital, Rabat. The epicenter would be between Marrakech and Agadir, where serious material damage has occurred, including the collapse of houses and walls. However, at the moment there is no exact assessment of the extent of the damage.
Speaking to Hespress, the division head of the Moroccan National Institute of Geophysics explained that “hundreds of aftershocks have occurred, but most of them have not been felt.”
For its part, the Spanish National Geographic Institute (IGN) has reported on its website a second earthquake of a smaller magnitude, 4.8 on the Richter scale, in the city of Berrechid.
Emergencies 112 Andalucía has reported on Twitter that it has received “more than twenty calls due to a seismic movement that has been felt in the municipalities of Huelva, Seville, Málaga and Jaén.” In the same publication they added that there is no evidence of damage and that they are waiting for the IGN to confirm the information.
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