At least 822 people were killed and 672 were wounded, including 205 in critical condition, in the powerful earthquake that rocked Friday night Morocco, according to an updated interior ministry toll. A 7-magnitude quake struck the country’ High Atlas Mountain at 11:11 p.m. local time at the relatively shallow depth of 18.5 km with the epicentre located about 72 km southwest of Marrakech, a popular tourist destination. The necessary arrangements have been made at the level of the FAR General Staff and all FAR headquarters throughout the Kingdom, in terms of liaison and coordination with local authorities, the FAR General Staff said in a press release. In 1960, a magnitude 5.8 tremor struck near the Moroccan city of Agadir and caused thousands of deaths. In 2004, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake near the Mediterranean coastal city of Al Hoceima left more than 600 dead.
