268 years after the complete destruction of Casablanca; the strongest earthquake in Morocco.
According to Sputnik, according to Kamal Aghred, a Moroccan researcher in the field of geology, the Friday morning earthquake in this country has been unprecedented since 1755.
He said: that an earthquake with this strength had never been recorded before. The 2004 earthquake in Hosima was 6.4 on the Richter scale. The 1960 earthquake in Agadir, which was the most destructive and left about 15 thousand dead, had a magnitude of about 6.
This Moroccan geologist emphasized that “the recent earthquake in this country occurred as a result of the new movement of faults in the “Great Atlas” mountain range, but it was not expected to reach the magnitude of 7 Richter.”
He also warned that the occurrence of an aftershock is still possible but with less power and not so noticeable. According to him, the possibility of a “tsunami” after this earthquake is low because “its epicenter was deep in the earth’s crust in the city of Morocco, and this city is also located in an area far from the sea.”
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was the most powerful earthquake that occurred in northern Morocco with a magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes led to the almost complete destruction of the cities of Lisbon and Casablanca and killed more than 60,000 to 100,000 people.
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning in Morocco, whose epicenter was 77 kilometers southwest of Morocco, has so far killed and injured more than 4,000 people. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI announced three days of public mourning yesterday following the tragedy. The country’s flag was raised at half-mast over government buildings.
