Nearly 300 killed as powerful earthquake strikes Morocco

[Backseat Driver]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/africa/morocco-6-8-magnitude-earthquake-intl-hnk/index.html
By Hamdi Alkhshali, Sharif Paget, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Chris Lau, CNN
Updated 10:27 PM EDT, Fri September 8, 2023

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night, killing nearly 300 people and forcing many residents to spend the night in the streets in what the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said was the strongest tremor to hit that part of the North African nation in more than a century.

The quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountain range shortly after 11 p.m. local time at the relatively shallow depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.4 miles), USGS said, with the epicenter located about 72 kilometers (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakesh, a city of some 840,000 people and a popular tourist destination.

At least 296 people were killed, and 153 others were wounded, Morocco state-run Al-Aoula television reported on Saturday. [snip]
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Mother Nature on rampage!

[Tetrachloride]

1. The buildings are possibly only brick

or below standard reinforcement

[TexasDem69]

2. I've never thought of earthquakes

As Mother Nature.