A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force.
Thousands Dead in Morocco Earthquake
- By VOA News

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Residents flee their homes after an earthquake in Moulay Brahim village, near the epicenter of the earthquake, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Sept. 9, 2023.

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A man weeps after burying his brother who was killed by the earthquake, in Ouargane village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Sept. 9, 2023.

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Moroccan Royal Armed Forces remove a body from a house destroyed in an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023.

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Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023, after an earthquake.