Friday's earthquake has become the deadliest earthquake in Morocco’s recent history.
The United States Geological Survey said that Friday’s quake was the strongest in the area in about 123 years,
reported. Its depth was about 11 miles and its epicenter was about 30 miles away from a ski resort in Morocco, according to a preliminary report Saturday., a 5.8 earthquake in 1960 killed 12,000 people.the newspaper said. France offered to help following the earthquake. They used to have colonial power over Morocco.
“The problem is that where destructive earthquakes are rare, buildings are simply not constructed robustly enough to cope with strong ground shaking, so many collapse resulting in high casualties,” said Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, according to
. “I would expect the final death toll to climb into the thousands once more is known. As with any big quake, aftershocks are likely, which will lead to further casualties and hinder search and rescue.”. Around 630 people were killed, hundreds injuries, and thousands were left homeless. Other huge earthquakes in Morocco was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 1969 that killed around a dozen people. Another earthquake hit both Spain and Morocco in January 2016 and was a 6.
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