More than 1,000 bodies have already been recovered in Derna alone and officials expected the death toll would be much higher.
As Morocco mourns after the earthquake, we extend our condolences to the families of all the victims and send wishes for the speedy recovery of the injured.
Israel is located at the juncture of the African and Arabian tectonic plates and, therefore, faces an elevated seismic threat. Experts say a major earthquake is not a matter of if, but when.
Morocco has declared three days of mourning and King Mohammed VI called for prayers for the dead to be held at mosques across the country on Sunday.
Across parts of Morocco, people spent the night outdoors on Friday after the earthquake hit the country.
Some Israelis in the disaster area spoke with the Jerusalem Post's sister paper, Maariv, and described the disaster and the efforts by local authorities to deal with it.
Turkey, where powerful earthquakes in February killed more than 50,000 people, said it was ready to provide support to the North African country.
Eight-year-old Yehuda Levi was killed when boulders fell on him during a Thursday morning hike.
The earthquake prompted people in offices and restaurants to evacuate
The sections of the Titanic that did not implode were able to do so because the air had been released from within, equalizing the pressure inside and out of the ship.
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