Morocco: Death toll from earthquake mounts to 632, another 329 injured

DN Bureau

Earlier reports said there were 296 fatalities as a result of the natural disaster, which hit Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Rabat: The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco has risen to 632, while 329 people have been injured, the Al-Arabiya broadcaster reported on Saturday. The death toll is most likely to rise further as per reports. 

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Earlier reports said there were 296 fatalities as a result of the natural disaster, which hit Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday.

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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said earlier in the day that that a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in Morocco 77 kilometers southwest of the city of Marrakesh. (with Agency inputs)










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