Number of victims of earthquake in Morocco increased to 2,946

The number of victims of the earthquake in Morocco increased to 2,946, and the victims – to 5 674. Such data are given by the Kingdom of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Moroccan department shared new information about the natural disaster in the country.

Earthquake in Morocco with magnitude 7 points occurred on September 8 at 23.10 local time.

According to the information of the National Geophysical Institute of Morocco, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the province of Al-House about 70 km south of Marrakesh. The hearth lay at a depth of 8 km. The shocks were felt within a radius of 400 km from the epicenter.

Following a powerful impetus followed by hundreds of aftershok, the strongest of which had a magnitude 6.

Most of the dead are recorded in the regions of al-House, Tarudant, Shivawa, Varzazat, Marrakesh, Azila, Agadir, Casablanca and Yusifiye.

Earthquake in the Marrakesh area has become the largest in the history of the country over the past century, the Morocco National Geophysical Institute said.

Morocco authorities declared three -day mourning in connection with the death of over a thousand people as a result of an earthquake.