Morocco: After Friday’s devastating earthquake, a new earthquake shakes the Marrakech region

A new earthquake of magnitude 3.9 on the Richter scale shook the tourist region of Marrakech on Sunday, where on Friday a strong earthquake caused more than 2,000 deaths and 2,059 injuries. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the new quake occurred at 7.59 local time in a mountainous area located in the south of the Marrakech-Safi region. According to the Europa Press agency, the epicenter was located 10 kilometers deep, halfway between the cities of Marrakech and Agadir.The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Observatory also registered the movement, although it raised its magnitude to 4.5 on the Richter scale. The same agency recorded a total of nine aftershocks of Friday’s landslide of between 2 and 4 magnitude on the Richter scale in the region of Ighil, province of Al Hauz.The earthquake on Friday occurred at 23.11 at a depth of 18.5 kilometers, with epicenter 71 kilometers southwest of Marrakech.The earthquake caused 2,012 deaths and 2,059 injured -1,404 in serious condition-, according to the latest official balance sheet of the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior. Morocco after earthquake | Photo: Reuters.La Royal House of Morocco ordered “a three-day national mourning, with flags at half-mast in all public buildings,” according to the Moroccan news agency MAP, after a meeting chaired by King Mohamed VI.La Argentine Foreign Ministry confirmed that there are no Argentine victims and yesterday expressed “to the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco its solidarity in the face of the earthquake and its condolences to the relatives of the fatal victims, wishing for the recovery of the wounded and the improvement of conditions in the affected areas.”

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