State TV reports that 2,562 people are injured. With much of the quake zone in hard-to-reach areas, authorities have not issued any estimates for the number of missing.
devastated by the country’s biggest earthquake in over a century camped outside for a fourth night on Monday, September 11, as the death toll rose to more than 2,800 people.
In the village of Tinmel, almost every house was pulverised and the entire community has been left homeless. The stench of death from dozens of animals buried under the rubble wafts through parts of the village. In Tikekhte, where few buildings have been left standing, 66-year-old Mohamed Ouchen described how residents rescued 25 people – one of whom was his sister.
“The level of destruction is…absolute,” said Nogales on Monday, struggling to find the right word to describe what he was seeing. “Not a single house has stayed upright.”The epicentre of the quake was about 72 km southwest of Marrakech, where some historical buildings in the old city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were damaged. The quake also did major damage to the historically significant 12th-century Tinmel Mosque.
The army said it was reinforcing search-and-rescue teams, providing drinking water, and distributing food, tents and blankets.