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By Ahmed Eljechtimi MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco's deadly earthquake hit near Marrakech, a city beloved of Moroccans and foreign tourists for its medieval mosques, palaces and seminaries richly adorned with vivid mosaic tiling amid a laby.
A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people and injured hundreds more, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes in the country's deadliest tremor in more than six decades. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains late on Friday night. The Interior Ministry said 820 people had been killed and another 672 injured, in an updated casualty toll. A local official said most deaths were in mountain areas that were hard to reach.
Most of the dead are in hard-to reach mountain areas - official Quake topples minaret in Marrakech old city People flee houses in Casablanca, Rabat, elsewhere Deadliest earthquake since 1960, USGS records show MARRAKECH, Morocco, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people and injured hundreds more, destroying |
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