Morocco earthquake updates: at least 296 people killed as Marrakesh among several cities affected

Earthquake measuring at least 6.8 and centred in High Atlas mountain leaves hundreds dead, others injured

Here are some of the latest images coming through from Marrakesh, where some buildings have collapsed in the old city, a Unesco world heritage site.Residents take shelter in a square,Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty ImagesIn Marrakech, some houses in the tightly packed old city have collapsed and people have been working by hand to remove debris while they waited for heavy equipment, one resident said.

Another Marrakech resident said he saw ambulances coming out of the old town and many building facades damaged.How powerful was the earthquake? The US Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 6.8 and said it was at a relatively shallow depth of 18.5km .A powerful earthquake centred in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains killed hundreds of people, the government said, as collapsed buildings and people fled their shuddering homes in several cities.

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