Rare quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000HOMES DESTROYED: The country’s buildings were not constructed to withstand the magnitude 6.8 quake, the biggest in Morocco in 120 years, an expert saidAP, MARRAKESH, MoroccoA rare, powerful earthquake late on Friday struck Morocco, killing more than 1,000 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakesh. Members of Taiwan’s search-and-rescue team, including four rescue dogs, stand in formation yesterday in Taipei. State television showed people clustered in the streets of Marrakesh, gathered outside buildings that might still be unstable. A man looks on as people walk over rubble in the earthquake-damaged old city of Marrakesh yesterday. In Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that no Taiwanese were harmed or otherwise affected by the quake to its knowledge.

Source: Taipei Times September 10, 2023 09:18 UTC