NEARLY 300 people were killed after a powerful earthquake rattled Morocco Friday night, according to a preliminary government count, with Marrakesh residents reporting 'unbearable' screams followed the 6.8-magnitude quake.
'According to a provisional report, the earthquake killed 296 people in the provinces and municipalities of Al-Haouz, Marrakesh, Ouarzazate, Azilal, Chichaoua and Taroudant,' Morocco's interior ministry said in a statement.Another 153 people were injured, it added.'We felt a very violent tremor, and I realized it was an earthquake,' Abdelhak El Amrani, a 33-year-old in Marrakesh, told AFP by telephone.'I could see buildings moving.
The regional blood transfusion centre in Marrakesh has called on residents to donate blood for those injured.In the town of Al-Haouz, near the epicenter of the quake, a family was trapped in the rubble after their house collapsed, local media reported.Significant damage likely The quake struck 44 miles southwest of tourist hotspot Marrakesh at a depth of 18.5 kilometers at 11:11 p.m. , the US Geological Survey said.It was also felt in the coastal cities of Rabat, Casablanca and Essaouira.
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