Marrakech residents spent night in the open fearful of aftershocks

Many Moroccans spent Friday night in the open on the High Atlas Mountains on Saturday fearful of aftershocks, a day after the country’s deadliest quake in more than six decades killed over 1,300 people and laid waste to villages. Marrakech residents were still searching for survivors buried on the slopes, where houses of mud brick, stone and rough wood were cracked open and mosque minarets toppled by the quake that struck late on Friday. At least 1,305 people had been killed and 1,832 injured by the quake, gauged by the U.S. Geological Survey at a magnitude of 6.8 with an epicentre some 72 km southwest of Marrakech. Subscribe to stay up-to-date #Morocco #Earthquake #JAIINEWS