{"id":2026709,"date":"2023-09-09T11:32:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earthquake-in-morocco-kills-more-than-1000\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T11:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T15:33:58","slug":"earthquake-in-morocco-kills-more-than-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earthquake-in-morocco-kills-more-than-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 killed in Morocco earthquake."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fearthquake-in-morocco-kills-more-than-1000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026709&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Most Powerful \u200dEarthquake in 120 Years Hits\u200b Morocco, Leaving\u2062 Devastation in Its Wake<\/h2>\n<p>The tranquil night\u2063 in Morocco\u200c was shattered by the force of nature as the most powerful earthquake in 120 years struck the country. With a magnitude of 6.8, this\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earthquake-in-morocco-kills-at-least-820\/\" title=\"Morocco earthquake claims 820 lives.\">seismic event wreaked havoc<\/a> across the countryside,\u2063 claiming\u2064 the \u2064lives of over 1,000 people. The\u2064 impact \u2064was felt across five provinces along the majestic Atlas Mountain range, with the \u200dhistoric city\u2063 of Marrakech, the jewel of North Africa&#8217;s tourism, bearing the \u2064brunt of the destruction.<\/p>\n<h3>A City\u200c Ill-Prepared for Disaster<\/h3>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earthquake-in-morocco-kills-more-than-1000\/\" title=\"Over 1,000 killed in Morocco earthquake.\">rescue \u200bteams tirelessly sifted<\/a> \u2062through the rubble, experts\u2062 grimly predicted \u2062that the death\u2063 toll in Marrakech\u2062 would rise into the thousands. \u2064The medieval city, renowned for its architectural wonders,\u2063 was ill-equipped \u2062to withstand such\u2064 a catastrophic \u200cevent. Bill \u200bMcGuire, a distinguished professor of \u200bgeophysical\u2064 and climate hazards, explained that\u2062 in regions \u2064where earthquakes are infrequent, buildings are often not constructed to\u200c withstand\u2062 the intense shaking of the ground, leading to numerous collapses and a high number \u200cof casualties.<\/p>\n<p>One of the city&#8217;s \u200cmost iconic landmarks, \u2062the Koutoubia Mosque, a UNESCO World\u2062 Heritage site dating back to the 12th century, suffered damage of unknown extent.<\/p>\n<h3>A Nation in Mourning<\/h3>\n<p>The interior \u2064minister\u200d of Morocco \u200creported that, in addition to\u2064 the \u2064staggering death \u200dtoll, \u2062627 people\u200d have been injured, with 205 in critical condition. The\u2063 scale of devastation is reminiscent of\u200c the country&#8217;s darkest seismic\u200c event in recent history, the 1960 earthquake, which claimed the lives of approximately 12,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>As Morocco mourns the loss of its people and grapples with the aftermath of this catastrophic earthquake, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-secy-walsh-i-hope-companies-people-put-every-pressure-point-we-can-on-russia\/\" title=\"Labor Sec'y Walsh: I Hope Companies, People Put 'Every Pressure Point We Can' on Russia\">world stands<\/a> in\u2062 solidarity,\u2062 offering support and assistance to help the\u2064 nation rebuild and heal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating earthquake struck Morocco, the strongest in 120 years, claiming over 1,000 lives. Rescuers tirelessly searched through debris in rural areas. The 6.8 magnitude quake occurred after 11 p.m on Friday, affecting five provinces along the Atlas Mountain range. The majority of destruction occurred in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2026710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}