The powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than a thousand people, didn't hit in the most active seismological region, said one French expert. But aftershocks can be expected, he warned.
Philippe Vernant—a specialist in active tectonics, particularly in Morocco, at the University of Montpellier—answered AFP's question's on the devastatingMorocco is one of those countries where the question is not whether there will be earthquakes.
Looking further back in history, there were earthquakes in the 18th century, probably around magnitude 7 in the Fez region. Here, we're seeing more of a convergence between Africa and Eurasia or Iberia, the Spanish part, and overlapping faults... But we are still dealing with plate boundaries.We need to see what magnitude the earthquake will be. We're talking about 6.8 or 6.9, which is quite strong.
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