Search and rescue and debris removal efforts, which started after the magnitude 7 earthquake that occurred in Morocco on Friday night and killed more than 2 thousand people, continue. There are disruptions in search and rescue efforts due to sparse destruction spread over large areas at different points in distant regions of the country.
More than two thousand people have lost their lives so far in the earthquake that caused destruction in many cities in the country. Volunteers and local people from the regional cities are participating in the ongoing search and rescue and debris removal efforts in the city of Amezmiz, whose epicenter is 30 km away from Al-Huz. The greatest destruction in the earthquake, in which the monument and the old building collapsed, occurred in rural areas. There are disruptions in search and rescue efforts due to the sparse destruction spread over large areas in different locations far from each other. While life in the cities where the earthquake occurred continued on its normal course, earthquake victims began to remove their belongings from their damaged homes. It is observed that the efforts of civil defense teams to evacuate the area were not very effective. While the upper part of the minaret of Masjid al-Atik in Amezmiz, which is among the old mosques in the region, was completely destroyed, deep cracks appeared on its walls. The earthquake, which generally affected old buildings, also affected historical monuments in many cities. It was damaged. Among the damaged works is the Masjid al-Azam near Marrakech, which was built in the 12th century. Masjid al-Azam is on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The epicenter was Al-Azam in Morocco, at 23.10 local time on September 8, in the city of Marrakech. -A magnitude 7 earthquake occurred in the Huz region. It was stated that the earthquake affected the capital Rabat, as well as the cities of Casablanca, Meknes, Agadir and Fez. The Moroccan Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that 2 thousand 12 people have died and 2 thousand 59 people have been injured in the earthquake so far. he explained.