Watch | Powerful earthquake causes extensive damage in Morocco

Videos showing the widespread damage in the quake-hit regions have been doing the rounds on social media platforms even as people are still searching for survivors buried on the slopes, where houses of mud brick, stone and rough wood were cracked open and mosque minarets toppled by the quake that is said to be the country’s deadliest in more than six decades.

Al Jazeera shared a clip on X that shows the moment the powerful earthquake struck Morocco, causing extensive damage.

In an another clip shared on the social media platform X, a woman can be seen grieving the loss of her husband and all four of her children in the quake.

Meanwhile, Moroccan earthquake survivors huddled for a night in the open on the High Atlas Mountains on Saturday, a day after the country’s deadliest quake in more than six decades killed more than 2,000 people and laid waste to villages.

Street camera footage in Marrakesh showed the moment the earth began to shake, as men suddenly looked around and jumped up, and others ran for shelter into an alleyway and then fled as dust and debris tumbled around them.

In the heart of the old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site, a mosque minaret had fallen in Jemaa al-Fna Square. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said more than 300,000 people were affected in Marrakesh and surrounding areas.

Morocco has declared three days of national mourning, during which the national flag will be flown at half staff throughout the country, the royal court said on Saturday.

(With Reuters and AP inputs)

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