A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck central Morocco Friday night, killing at least 1,000 people, and causing damage in several areas.
The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71 km south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said.
It struck at 23:11 local time, followed by a 4.9 aftershock 19 minutes later.
People died in...