The number of fatalities from the earthquake that shook Morocco this Friday rose to 2,122, according to the country’s state television cited by the Reuters agency.
There is also an increase in the number of injured, which now stands at 2,421.
The earthquake, whose epicenter was recorded in the town of Ighil, 63 kilometers southwest of the city of Marrakech, was felt in Portugal and Spain and reached a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, according to the National Institute of Geophysics of Marrakesh. .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.8.
The kingdom of Morocco declared three days of national mourning.
Source: TSF
