Powerful magnitude 7 earthquake rocks Morocco

People take shelter and check for news on their mobile phones after an earthquake in Rabat, Morocco, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. A powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday, damaging buildings in major cities and sending panicked people pouring into streets and alleyways from Rabat to Marrakech (Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP)

A magnitude 7 earthquake has rattled the north African country of Morocco, causing damage across several major cities and pushing panicked locals and tourists onto the streets.

Morocco’s National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network measured the quake at seven on the Richter scale, which struck at 11.11pm on Friday.