Between the last earthquake that struck Morocco and the 1960 earthquake, which is the strongest?

Weather of Arabia - Morocco witnessed a difficult night; As the emergency workers’ jackets illuminated the darkness of Friday night, 9/9/2023.

To try to save the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit the cities of Morocco, and left many victims, but the question remains

Is the earthquake that struck Morocco recently the strongest in decades?

Answer: During the past decades, Morocco was exposed to many earthquakes of varying strength, which in turn left great human and material losses that left a clear impact on history, and perhaps the Agadir earthquake is the strongest among them.

The most important of these tremors are distributed between northern Morocco in the mountainous Al Hoceima region overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, central Morocco over the Middle Atlas Mountains in the cities of Azilal, Beni Mellal and Khenifra, then the south in the coastal region of Agadir overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Agadir earthquake

In 1960, in the city of Agadir, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the Agadir earthquake occurred, and it was the most deadly and destructive in the history of Morocco, with a magnitude of 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale, and the death toll of its victims was about 15,000 dead and 12,000 injured.