![]() Inside and outside Marrakech, many residents have spent two nights on the streets, afraid to return to their homes. ![]() Authorities are using helicopters to reach the worst-hit areas and machinery to remove the rubble from the impassable roads, the official said. The earthquake struck mountainous areas that are scattered geographically and it’s difficult to reach these areas in some cases,” the official told CNN. “The rescue efforts are ongoing to reach the difficult areas. We are hoping for miracles from the rubble” he said.īut destroyed roads to villages are making it hard to get aid into some of the hardest-hit regions, a Moroccan government official told CNN. Many many people were transported to hospital in front of me. ![]() “We are out in the streets with authorities as they try to pull the dead from the rubble. “I managed to get out safely with my two children but lost the rest. Mohammed, 50, from the town of Ouirgane, lost four family members in the quake. Some remote villages on the foothills of the mountain have been hard to access. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty ImagesĮmergency workers were deployed to affected regions, despite some roads being damaged or blocked by debris. People carrying the remains of a victim, in the village of Imi N'Tala. Outside the city, images showed the 12th century Tinmal Mosque in the High Atlas mountains had been badly damaged. ![]() Many of the old buildings inside the Medina have been damaged and some have collapsed entirely. The Medina district dates back centuries and is enclosed by walls built of red sandstone. The Marrakech Medina, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was hit by the quake. Historic sites have been damaged there a small mosque at the heart of the Marrakech Medina in the city’s historical quarter almost entire collapsed. More than 400 meanwhile perished in the southwestern Moroccan city of Taroudant.Īnd more than 300,000 people have been affected in Marrakech and surrounding areas, according to the WHO. Mustapha Louaanabi, who also lives in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, described the moment the earthquake struck, saying there were “loud, deafening noises” and it felt as if “a train was passing right in the middle of the living room.” Soumia Sandoval, based in Los Angeles, California, told CNN she learned from family friends that their village at the base of the mountains was flattened by the quake. Odds are high that nothing bigger will happen, but every felt quake is a reminder that California is earthquake country.A man looks at the rubble of homes in the village of Talat N'Yacoub, south of Marrakech, on Monday. “This morning’s wake-up call was widely felt in the greater Los Angeles area,” USGS Earthquakes tweeted. Odds are high that nothing bigger will happen, but every felt quake is a reminder that California is earthquake country. This morning's wake-up call was widely felt in the greater Los Angeles area. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. Lennox is an unincorporated area just a few miles east of Los Angeles International Airport. PT that registered 25.9 km deep in the same area. A 4.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Lennox area of Los Angeles County early Monday, about half an hour after a less intense tremor, according to the US Geological Survey.
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