Morocco quake not in most active area but expect aftershocks: Expert

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PARIS: The powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than 2,000 people, didn't hit in the most active seismological region, said one Frenc...

Moroccan Royal Armed Forces evacuate a body from a house destroyed in an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakesh, on September 9, 2023. AFPPIX: The powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than 2,000 people, didn't hit in the most active seismological region, said one French expert. But aftershocks can be expected, he warned.

The Agadir earthquake destroyed the entire city and killed almost 15,000 people, and more recently there was the Al Hoecima earthquake , further out on the Mediterranean. The epicentre of the recent quake is not in the most active area of Morocco. But there are the High Atlas mountains... This type of earthquake is what leads to the rise of the High Atlas range.In Turkey, we had horizontal movement, because Turkey is shifting to the West, moving towards Greece. There was a horizontal sliding of the plates.

 

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