At least 1,037 people died from a earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that shook Morocco on Friday night, sowing panic in the tourist city of Marrakech, close to the epicenter, according to a new official report released this Saturday.
Regarding the injured were counted at 1,204of which 721 are in serious conditionaccording to the latest balance sheet.
According to the latest data released this Saturday by the Ministry of the Interior Moroccovictims were registered in a dozen provinces: Al Haouz-south of Marrakech and close to the epicenter-, with 542 deaths, followed by Taroudant (321 fatalities), Chichaoua (103 deaths), Ouarzazate (38), marrakesh (13), Azilal (11), Agadir (5), White House (3), Al Youssufia (1) and in Tinguir (1).
According to the seismic alert bulletin issued by the Moroccan National Institute of Geophysicshe earthquake It was magnitude 7 and shook the northern Moroccan region of Marrakech at a depth of 8 kilometers. It had its epicenter in the town of Ighil, located about 80 kilometers southwest of the city of marrakesh.
He earthquake caused the collapse of several buildings in the Al Haouz and Al Haouz provinces, in the southwest of the country.
The shock was felt as far as the capital Rabat, hundreds of kilometers away, and in coastal cities such as Casablanca or Essaouira, even in the neighboring country of Algeria, where authorities ruled out damage or victims.
(With information from EFE and AFP)
Source: Gestion
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