At least 820 killed in Morocco quake: new toll

Publish: 4:43 PM, September 9, 2023 | Update: 4:43 PM, September 9, 2023

At least 820 people have died in a devastating earthquake that struck near Morocco’s tourist hotspot of
Marrakesh, authorities said Saturday, updating an earlier toll of more than
600.

Another 672 people were injured, including 205 in a critical condition, the interior ministry said, after the late-Friday quake that measured 6.8, making it Morocco’s strongest ever recorded.