Most deaths were in mountainous areas that were hard to reach, police said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
RABAT – A powerful earthquake struck Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday, killing at least 632 people, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes.
Mr Montasir Itri, a resident of the mountain village of Asni, near the epicentre, said most houses there were damaged. “Our neighbours are under the rubble and people are working hard to rescue them using available means in the village,” he said. The earthquake is Morocco’s deadliest since a 2004 tremor near Al Hoceima in the northern Rif Mountains killed more than 600 people.
Another Marrakech resident, Mr Brahim Himmi, said he saw ambulances coming out of the old town and many building facades damaged. He said people were frightened and were staying outside in case of another quake. “The house rocked aggressively, everyone was scared,” said resident Mohamed Taqafi. “I thought it was only my house that was moving because it’s fragile and old. I heard people screaming, everyone went out of their houses.”
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