By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY, The Associated PressMARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force. People could be seen on state TV clustering in the streets of historic Marrakech, afraid to go back inside buildings that might still be unstable. People gather as they prepare to bury a person who was killed by the earthquake, in Ouargane village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. A man drives past a damaged wall of the historic Medina of Marrakech, after an earthquake in Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates occurred at a relatively shallow depth, which makes a quake more dangerous.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 10, 2023 04:01 UTC