on residents to donate blood. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital, rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden has said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. collapsed buildings and rubble strewn streets. the aftermath of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, leaving many hundreds dead across morocco. this is one of the country s biggest cities, marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, and 45 miles from the epicentre. as emergency workers picked their way through the debris, there are reports of families still trapped and many more injured. the floors were violently shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn t even know what to think. i then went into slightly more open space, in my bedroom, an