MARRAKECH, Morocco--A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 600 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of ...

Witnesses said the building that collapsed in the Sbata district of Morocco's economic capital had a cafe on the ground floor that had been teeming with clients at the time of the accident.

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