The epicentre of the earthquake was high in the Atlas mountains, with many of the fatalities in hard-to-reach areas south of Marrakech.
The number of people who have died in the Morocco earthquake has risen to 2,059 people with 1,404 injured, state TV in the country has said.The epicentre was high in the Atlas Mountains - about 43 miles away from Marrakech, a popular tourist destination.
One French citizen is among the dead and eight were injured, a French Foreign Ministry official has confirmed.The quake struck late on Friday, damaging buildings and sending panicked people pouring into the streets."Where destructive earthquakes are rare, buildings are simply not constructed robustly enough to cope with strong ground shaking, so many collapse resulting in high casualties," Bill McGuire, professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London said.
Officials are working to clear roads so ambulances and aid can reach those affected - but large distances between mountain villages mean it will take time to learn the full extent of the damage.
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