It was reported that the number of people who lost their lives in the earthquake that occurred on the night of September 8 in Morocco increased to 2960.

On the night of September 8, a 7-magnitude earthquake occurred in Morocco, the epicenter of which is the Al-Huz region of the city of Marrakech.

In the statements of the official authorities, it was stated that 2.8 million people, which corresponds to two-thirds of the population in the region, were affected by the earthquake, the number of houses destroyed was about 60 thousand, 32 percent of them were completely destroyed and the others were partially destroyed.