Morocco earthquake death toll surpasses 2,000

Updated On: 11 September, 2023 08:46 AM IST | Rabat | Agencies

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Building rubble blocks a street in Mzouda village in Morocco’s Chichaoua province. Pic/AP

More than 2,000 people have been killed so far after a deadly earthquake jolted Morocco in the late evening hours on Friday, according to Al Jazeera. After the magnitude 6.8 earthquake, which claimed the lives of more than 2,012 people and injured 2,059 others while also leaving many homeless, authorities on Saturday proclaimed three days of national mourning in the country.

A damaged hotel in Moulay Brahim village, near the epicentre of the earthquake. Pic/AP