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What caused Morocco's earthquake?

What caused Morocco's earthquake?

The earthquake resulted from a geological phenomenon called a reverse fault

Focus on Africa · BBC World Service

September 11, 202325m 7s

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Show Notes

The number of people killed in Friday's powerful earthquake in Morocco has risen to more than two thousand people, the interior ministry says. With a magnitude of 6.8, the earthquake which hit central Morocco is the biggest the area has seen since before 1900.

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