Today, Tuesday, the Moroccan newspaper Hespress published a video clip documenting how the devastating earthquake in Morocco split a mountain into two halves for the first time in a bookstore, while a mild earthquake caused great panic among the Emelmais group.
A mountain split into two halves as a result of the Moroccan earthquake
The video shows the effects of the fission that appeared from the top of the mountain in Al Haouz Province due to the strength of the earthquake, which reached 7 degrees on the Richter scale.
Al Haouz Province is considered one of the Moroccan provinces located in southwestern Morocco. It belongs to the Marrakesh-Safi Governorate, and is about 40 kilometers away from the city of Marrakesh.
It is also one of the emerging Moroccan regions, as it was established in 1991 and extends over an area estimated at about 6,200 square kilometers.
An earthquake causes panic among the Emilmais community
In this context, Moroccan media reported that a mild earthquake caused great panic among the residents of the Emilmais community.
A number of researchers and specialists in geology were; They provided answers and surprises about the devastating earthquake in Morocco, including what was published by the British newspaper “The Sunday Times”.
The newspaper quoted Bill McGuire, professor of geophysics and climate risks at University College London, as saying that the strength of the Al Haouz earthquake was approximately equivalent to the force of 30 nuclear bombs.
But he stressed that the earthquake that struck Morocco, measuring more than 7 degrees on the Richter scale, is not large when compared to earthquakes that strike parts of the world with high seismic activity, such as China, Japan, Indonesia, and Turkey.
The researcher explained that Morocco is located close to the border of the tectonic plate, which represents the link between the Eurasian plate to the north and the African plate to the south.
The African plate moves northward at a rate of about 2.5 cm per year, which creates pressure on the faults in the region, and with the accumulation of pressure, earthquakes occur from time to time.
Morocco earthquake
