A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force.
Thousands Dead in Morocco Earthquake
- By VOA News
![A man stands next to a damaged hotel after the earthquake in Moulay Brahim village, near the epicenter of the earthquake, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Sept. 9, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-0c71-08dbb19a0188_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man stands next to a damaged hotel after the earthquake in Moulay Brahim village, near the epicenter of the earthquake, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Sept. 9, 2023.
![Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023, after an earthquake.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-3501-08dbb1997bb7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023, after an earthquake.
![A man rescues a donkey trapped under rubble after an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-c3fe-08dbb199d0c0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man rescues a donkey trapped under rubble after an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023.
![A man walks past destroyed houses after an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-c2a9-08dbb199e4c8_cx0_cy9_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A man walks past destroyed houses after an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco, on Sept. 9, 2023.