Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
An updated map of the Morocco M6.9 earthquake shows the aftershocks in purple, and includes the Moroccan earthquake catalog from Pelaez et al. (2007) with a 1955 M5.8 earthquake near today’s ...
On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 DST (22:11 UTC), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province. The earthquake's epicenter was 73.4 km (45.6 mi) southwest of Marrakesh, near the town of Ighil [2] and the Oukaïmeden ski resort in the Atlas Mountains. [3]
At least 2,012 people died in the quake, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the epicenter, Morocco's Interior Ministry reported Saturday night. At least 2,059 more people were injured ...
A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. State ...
Death toll has risen to 2,122, while 2,421 people are injured
Northern Morocco lies close to the boundary between the African plate and the Eurasian plate, the Azores–Gibraltar transform fault.This zone of right-lateral strike-slip becomes transpressional at its eastern end, with the development of large thrust faults.
Experts warn aftershocks could last for ‘months’ For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
September 10, 2023 at 12:36 AM. The Morocco earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people was the strongest to hit the north African nation in several decades.