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Morocco Earthquake: Hundreds Dead Latest Updates
Mike Ives


Mike Ives

Here is the latest on the deadly earthquake.

A powerful earthquake that struck about 50 miles from the Moroccan city of Marrakesh late Friday killed at least 296 people, the authorities said. A frantic rescue effort was taking shape before dawn over mountainous
terrain.

Morocco’s Interior Ministry said early Saturday that the victims had died
after a quake in the High Atlas Mountains, and that at least 153 others
had been transported to hospitals with injuries.

The quake had a magnitude of 6.8 and a depth of about 11 miles, the United States Geological Survey said in a preliminary report. The local news
media posted photos of rubble-strewn streets and footage of people
panicking as the shaking began.



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