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RABAT, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday, killing at least 296 people, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes.
Pan-Arab al-Arabiya news channel reported that five people were killed from one family, citing unnamed local sources.
The Interior Ministry, in its televised statement on the death toll, urged calm and said the quake had hit the provinces of Al Haouz, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Azilal, Chichaoua and Taroudant.
The earthquake is Morocco’s deadliest since a 2004 tremor near Al Hoceima in the northern Rif mountains which killed over 600 people.
In Marrakech, some houses in the tightly packed old city had collapsed and people were working hard by hand to remove debris while they waited for heavy equipment, said resident Id Waaziz Hassan.
Footage of the medieval city wall showed big cracks in one section and parts that had fallen, with rubble lying on the street.
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I’m curious how most people die from earthquakes. Aside from being in the wrong place at the wrong time, like atop a crane, I can’t help but think it’s mostly people in massive buildings that have a difficult time escaping.
Would you be considerably safer in a 1 story house with a decent amount of open land around you?
Most people die crushed by buildings, or suffocate or die of hunger/thirst after being trapped for days in the rubble. Even in a small building; if the quake is strong enough, there is no escaping. The building will collapse too fast.
Usually in multistory building collapses, so yes you would be safer.
