An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 on the Richter scale shakes Morocco
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 632 people have died and 329 have been injured in Morocco after an earthquake magnitude 6.9 on the Richter scale shook several cities in the country this Friday night, according to local television.
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 has been felt around the 11:11 p.m. (local time) from the city of Marrakech to the capital, Rabat. He 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.
In statements to Hespress, the head of division of the Moroccan National Institute of Geophysics explained that "there have been hundreds of replicasbut 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 Andalusia 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 he added that there is no evidence of damage and that they are waiting for the IGN to confirm the information.
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