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Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MARAKECH, Morocco) -- A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 1,037 people in the country's strongest quake in more than a century, according to Morocco’s Interior Ministry. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake had 6.8-magnitude when it hit at 11:11 p.m. locally, with shaking that lasted several seconds. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it at 7 on the Richter scale. The U.S. agency reported a 4.9-magnitude aftershock hit 19 minutes later. Marrakec...

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MARAKECH, Morocco) -- A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 1,037 people in the country's strongest quake in more than a century, according to Morocco’s Interior Ministry. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake had 6.8-magnitude when it hit at 11:11 p.m. locally, with shaking that lasted several seconds. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it at 7 on the Richter scale. The U.S. agency reported a 4.9-magnitude aftershock hit 19 minutes later. Marrakec...

The death toll in a massive earthquake that struck Morocco has climbed to 1037 people, the interior ministry says.

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MARAKECH, Morocco) -- The death toll has continued to climb in the wake of the rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night. More than 2,900 people are confirmed dead. The qu...

Moroccan earthquake survivors have huddled for a night in the open on the High Atlas Mountains, a day...