Marrakech has experienced a new tremor today, a day following a devastating earthquake that killed over 2,000 people.
“Tremors of magnitude 4.5 have been felt in Marrakech,” Al Jazeera quoted witnesses as saying.
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI declared three days of mourning on Saturday in grief of the victims of the devastating earthquake that killed at least 2,012 people.
The Al Haouz region recorded most of the deaths with 1,293 victims as of 10 p.m. on Saturday, followed by the province of Taroudant which recorded 452 deaths.
Many experts believe that light quakes are normal following strong earthquakes such as the one that hit the North African country on Friday.
Many centers have also identified Friday’s earthquake as the deadliest and strongest in Morocco in 120 years.
Morocco experienced two major earthquakes prior to this one, including the worst in the country’s history in terms of casualties — a quake that hit Agadir in March 1960.
The earthquake killed at least 12,000 people.
The Al Hociema region experienced another strong quake in 2004, killing over 600 people.
