Until now, 2 thousand 12 dead and 2 thousand 59 wounded left earthquake What will hit Morocco this Friday, According to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior.
The government statement said that of the total number of wounded, 1,404 people are in serious condition.
According to the latest official data, casualties were reported in a dozen provinces: Al-Haouz, south of Marrakech and near the epicenter, with 1,293 deaths, followed by Taroudant (452 deaths), Chichaoua (191 deaths), Ouarzazate . (41), Marrakech (15), Azilal (11), Agadir (5), Casablanca (3), Al Yousufiya (1) and Tinguir (1).
Work continues to rescue people from the rubble
The General Staff of the Moroccan Armed Forces has announced full mobilization, and emergency services and civil protection continue to mobilize resources to care for the wounded and injured and try to rescue people trapped under the rubble while authorities analyze the severity of injuries and damage.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Resources has begun searching for roads cut off by the earthquake for subsequent repairs.
In addition, it mobilized all its personnel and material resources to reopen the affected areas to traffic.
Call to donate blood
In addition, the population has already been offered go to blood donation centers for caring for the wounded.
The Blood Transfusion Center of the Mohamed VI Hospital in Bouscur, Casablanca, has opened a blood donation unit, which is open from 10:00 am this Saturday and hopes to be able to make the first blood delivery in the afternoon.
The Marrakech Regional Blood Transfusion Center also called for blood donations for women and men over 18 years of age.
Meanwhile, NGOs and political parties launched fundraising campaigns to help victims in Rabat, Salé and Kénitra, and the National Association of Private Clinics made all its funds available to the authorities for assistance.
The strongest earthquake that occurred in Morocco
A seismic warning bulletin from the Moroccan National Institute of Geophysics explains that a magnitude 7 earthquake has rocked the northern Moroccan region Marrakesh and it happened at 23:11 local time on Friday (22:11 GMT) at a depth of 8 kilometers.
If it epicenter in Igil citylocated approximately 80 kilometers southwest of the city of Marrakech.
The director of the National Institute of Geophysics of Morocco (ING), Nasser Yabour, ruled out the possibility of repeated earthquakes in the next few hours, the newspaper Le Matin reports.
This earthquake is the most serious in terms of casualties recorded in Morocco since the earthquake that occurred in the Al Hoceima region on February 24, 2004. Then 629 people died, 926 were injured and 12,539 were left homeless. (EFE and Europa Press)