Earthquake — Morocco: Marrakech, Safi

When

8 Sep 2023

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.8

Where

Morocco

Coordinates

31.07° N, 8.41° W

Deaths

2946

Injuries

5674

Damage musd

7000

Houses destroyed

19096

Depth km

18

Earthquake in Morocco

On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 DST, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province. The earthquake's epicenter was 73.4 km (45.6 mi) southwest of Marrakesh, near the town of Ighil and the Oukaïmeden ski resort in the Atlas Mountains. It occurred as a result of shallow oblique-thrust faulting beneath the mountain range.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Marrakesh–Safi province in western Morocco”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2023 Marakeş-Safi depremi: Fas'ın Marakeş-Asfi bölgesinde gerçekleşen 6.9 büyüklüğündeki deprem sonucunda en az 2.946 kişi hayatını kaybetti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Erdbeben in Marokko sterben 2690 Menschen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “séisme meurtrier au Maroc dans la région de Marrakech-Safi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение в Марокко”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se registra un terremoto de 6,9 en la región de Marrakech-Safí, en Marruecos, dejando un saldo de 2.960 muertos y 5.674 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زلزال بقوة 6.8 درجة على مقياس ريختر يضرب إقليم الحوز بالمغرب، ما أدى لوفاة أكثر من 3000 شخص”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “摩洛哥马拉喀什-萨菲大区发生里氏6.8级地震，至少632人死亡、300多人受伤。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page