A Montreal city councillor in Marrakech, Morocco says he's safe but shaken following a powerful earthquake Friday that killed more than 1,300people in the North African country.
The quake's epicentre was about 70 kilometres southwest of Marrakech, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, a government agency that measures seismic activity. It struck at 11:11 p.m. local time.So far, 4,800 people have registered with the Canadian embassy in Morocco, said federal Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly in an interview with CBC News. She said at least 31 Canadians reached out for information and none of them reached out for help.
Moroccan Montreal city councillor Abdelhaq Sari said Saturday that members of the local community have struggled to get information from rural areas of the country following the disaster. Mohamed Moutahir, chairperson of the organization — which supports African and Canadian orphans — said he spent the night trying to contact its partners in Morocco.
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