Moroccans posted videos showing buildings reduced to rubble and dust, and parts of the famous red walls that surround the old city in Marrakesh damaged.
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Large distances between mountain villages mean it will take time to learn the full extent of the damage, he added. He also said authorities were working to clear roads in al-Haouz province to allow passage for ambulances and aid to populations affected. Local media reported roads leading to the mountain region around the epicentre were jammed with vehicles and blocked with collapsed rocks, slowing rescue efforts.Ībderrahim Ait Daoud, the head of a town in the area, told the Moroccan news site 2M that several homes nearby had partly or totally collapsed, and electricity and roads were cut off in some places. We expect the aftershocks could continue for three to four weeks,” he said. “People will need to stay away from the buildings that are not strong because they are prone to collapse. “In Marrakesh, the most damage was in the old city because the buildings are prone to collapse because of their fragile state.”Įid al-Tarazi, a professor of seismology in Jordan, told Al Jazeera “hundreds of aftershocks could happen”. “It was chaos the moment the earthquake happened, we’re still try to process what happened because it was so sudden,” he told Al Jazeera. Journalist Noureddine Bazine from Marrakesh described the situation as an “horrific night”. “The Royal Armed Forces, local authorities, security services and civil protection … continue to mobilise and harness all means and capabilities in order to intervene, provide the necessary assistance, and assess the damage,” the interior ministry said. Search teams frantically scoured collapsed buildings for those trapped. The USGS estimated the epicentre occurred in the Atlas Mountains, some 75km (44 miles) from Marrakesh, the fourth largest city in the country. The temblor hit shortly after 11pm local time (22:00 GMT) on Friday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The Interior Ministry urged calm saying in a televised statement the quake hit the provinces of Al Haouz, Ouarzazate, Marrakesh, Azilal, Chichaoua and Taroudant. Local television showed images of a fallen mosque minaret with rubble lying on smashed cars. Residents of Marrakesh, the nearest big city to the epicentre, said some buildings collapsed in the old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site. “Our neighbours are under the rubble and people are working hard to rescue them using available means in the village,” he said.
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