Morocco's Interior Ministry said Saturday morning that at least 632 people had died, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the quake's epicenter. Another 329 people were injured.
Casualty figures were expected to rise more as the search continues and as rescuers reach remote areas.Moroccan television showed scenes from the aftermath, as many stayed outside fearing aftershocks.
The head of a town near the earthquake's epicenter told Moroccan news site 2M that several homes in nearby towns had partly or totally collapsed, and electricity and roads were cut off in some places. Messages of support began to roll in from around the world on Saturday. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz posted condolences on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently hosting the Group of 20 summit of the world's largest economies, wrote that"India is ready to offer all possible assistance to Morocco in this difficult time."
The epicenter of Friday's tremor was near the town of Ighil in Al Haouz Province, roughly 70 kilometers south of Marrakech. In 1960, a magnitude 5.8 tremor struck near the Moroccan city of Agadir and caused thousands of deaths.
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