New tremors shake the Marrakesh region

Big panic The Kingdom of Morocco. Some netizens living in the Marrakesh-Safi region reported feeling tremors early Thursday morning, less than a week after the earthquake. Violent earthquake Which left nearly 3,000 dead in the High Atlas region. According to the site Myearthquakealerts.comThe ground shook around 5:50 a.m. with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale.

Residents also felt an aftershock on Wednesday evening in the Imi Natala area, 70 km southwest of Marrakesh, where a rock fell. One person was slightly injured and taken to hospital, according to an AFP team at the site.

Expected responses

Aftershocks Big earthquake Common, and in the case of Morocco, expected. Traditionally, these aftershocks tend to be low in intensity. It’s kind of like a big rubber band that’s been pulled and a piece of it has been torn off. In case Türkiye and SyriaAn earthquake last February caused more than 50,000 casualties, and a second earthquake occurred that led to the collapse of about thirty buildings.

In the affected areas of Morocco, rescuers intensified their efforts to help devastated mountain villages, but hopes of finding survivors are diminishing six days after the disaster occurred.

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