People are terrified that aftershocks will follow Friday's devastating earthquake.
Locals have come together to try and help those stuck under fallen buildings with some reportedly sorting through rubble with just their hands.
In 1960, a magnitude 5.8 tremor struck near the Moroccan city of Agadir and caused thousands of deaths. ‘This one, however, is especially large for the region – the biggest in more than 120 years – and, as the climbing death toll indicates, deadly.
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