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Morocco earthquake live updates: More than 2,000 dead in rare, powerful quake
MSN/ABC ^
| 9-9-23
Posted on 09/10/2023 9:05:38 AM PDT by nuconvert
A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed more than 2,000 people in the country's strongest quake in more than a century, according to Morocco's Interior Ministry.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake had 6.8-magnitude when it hit at 11:11 p.m. locally, with shaking that lasted several seconds. Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured it at 7 on the Richter scale.
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posted on
09/10/2023 9:05:38 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Earthquakes in divers places...
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posted on
09/10/2023 9:10:50 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
To: nuconvert
Marrakesh area is hardest hit. Likely more casualties in rugged mountain terrain nearby.
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posted on
09/10/2023 9:19:57 AM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: null and void
“Earthquakes in divers places...”
Not really ‘divers’. It happens there.
“Natural hazards
in the north, the mountains are geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes...”
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posted on
09/10/2023 9:42:16 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: nuconvert
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posted on
09/10/2023 9:46:00 AM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Believe!)
To: nuconvert
Ouch. I’ll bet that none of those historic buildings in Marrakesh or the rest of Morocco are reinforced.
People who live in zones where major earthquakes are rare tend not to prepare for them.
The earthquake that struck the DC area 12 years ago was only 5.8 and it did hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Imagine what the toll would have been had it been as strong as the Morocco earthquake.
Thoughts and prayers for the people of Morocco.
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posted on
09/10/2023 9:52:02 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
To: nuconvert
6.8 is not that powerful of an earthquake.
The number of casualties is more due to the fact that it’s not considered an earthquake zone, so the buildings were not built with any reinforcements.
In comparison, the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 in the Bay Area killed 63 people.
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:17:00 AM PDT
by
aquila48
(Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
To: nuconvert
To: exDemMom
Thoughts and prayers for the people of Morocco.
They are our oldest friends. While formal diplomatic recognition didn’t happen until a treaty in 1786 (which was delayed by a series of snafus, to the point George Washington himself apologized for the delay), the Moroccan Sultan unilaterally declared American vessels to be under his protection in December, 1777, with American traders granted the same protections and rights as those from nations which Morocco had full relations. That de facto recognition came before even that of France.
And unlike Britain, France, and the handful of other countries that formally recognized the US prior to Morocco (many of whom no longer exist), there’s never been a break in US-Morocco diplomatic relations.
The Moroccans were the first to stand with us (unofficially), and officially have done so the longest, having never turned their backs. I hope we remember this in their hour of need. Such things should matter, at least in my book…
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:21:40 AM PDT
by
verum ago
(I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
To: aquila48
Adobe type buildings don’t stand up to earthquakes well
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:22:36 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: GaltAdonis
The number went from over 200 to over 2,000 quickly.
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:23:23 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: nuconvert
LULULULULULULULULULULULUUUU!!
To: nuconvert
Plate tectonics is racist. Or something.
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:25:12 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
To: Noumenon
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:26:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Now that’s what I’m talking about! Now, wait. Is this the United Pangea People’s Front or People’s Front for a United Pangea?
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:32:01 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
To: Noumenon
What about the Popular Front, Reg?
He’s over there.
Splitter!
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:34:06 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nuconvert
Just added a zero.
Easy peasy...
To: Beowulf9
Not really ‘divers’. It happens there. A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco
Rarely.
Also, I note you put ‘divers’ in sarcasm quotes.
Do you object to me accurately quoting the spelling in the KJV of Matthew 24:7?
Do you spell the four in forty like the four in fourteen? Why not?
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:51:30 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
To: verum ago
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:53:41 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nuconvert
Adobe type buildings don’t stand up to earthquakes well Earthquakes don't kill people.
Buildings do.
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posted on
09/10/2023 10:57:07 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
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