A powerful 7-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco, killing more than 820 people and causing massive damage on Friday night into Saturday. Survivors who lived through a "night of terror" testify.
Following the devastating earthquake that struck the Al Haouz region, the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) were deployed "urgently on the night of September 9, 2023" according to the "High Instructions of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI , Supreme Commander and Chief of Staff of the Royal Armed Forces".
The devastating earthquake that struck the province of Al Haouz on Friday evening left behind a heavy toll of 820 dead and 672 injured, "including 205 seriously," according to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior issued at 10 a.m. Saturday (Moroccan time).
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Morocco and Liberia could be canceled due to the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night into Saturday .
Morocco was shaken by the "most violent earthquake in a century," said Nasser Jabour, an official at the National Institute of Geophysics.
The toll of the earthquake that shook the Marrakech province and other regions of Morocco on Friday evening is worsening.
The Moroccan Ministry of the Interior has published a provisional toll of 296 deaths and 153 injured following an earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale that hit a large part of the country on Friday evening.
A seismic shock of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale was felt in various regions of Morocco on Friday evening.