𝟕.𝟎 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐨; 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝟒𝟎𝟎-𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 —

A 7-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco around 11:11 p.m. local time on Friday (1:11 a.m. Moscow time on Saturday), according to a statement from the National Geophysical Institute of Morocco.Moroccan TV reports that the death toll from the Moroccan earthquake has grown to 632 people killed and 329 injured.

The earthquake originated 8 kilometers below the surface in the Igil district of the El Haouz province in the Marrakech-Safi region. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.9 and had an epicenter 77 kilometers southwest of Marrakech.

On February 24, 2004, a powerful earthquake struck the northern Moroccan region of El Hoceima. It was a 6.3 on the Richter scale. There were 628 casualties from this earthquake.

Source: tass