Earthquake in Morocco Damages About 50,000 Houses: Photos

On September 8, Morocco was hit by the strongest earthquake in the country's history. The 6.9 magnitude quake has killed nearly 3,000 people and injured more than 5,600 since it struck Al-Haouz province, south of the tourist hub of Marrakech, media reported.

On September 14, rescue teams stepped up a massive effort to bring aid to devastated mountain villages in Morocco.

Recently, Moroccan King's cabinet announced in a statement that the government would finance the reconstruction of approximately 50,000 homes that were damaged or destroyed, allocating help depending on the level of destruction.

Take a look at Sputnik Africa's gallery to see the devastating consequences of the natural disaster.

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A mother carrying her child on her back rests with others outside their earthquake-damaged house in Tijghicht, in the Atlas Mountains range, on September 14, 2023.

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Displaced villagers search for food and clothes left by volunteers in the Atlas Mountains range between Maarakesh and Taroudant, on September 14, 2023.

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Women prepare tea inside a tent set up as a temporary shelter for earthquake survivors in a village near Amizmiz in central Morocco on September 13, 2023.

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Tents sheltering people who were affected by the earthquake, in the town of Amizmiz, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid drive through a remote village which was affected by the earthquake, in the town of Douzrou, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

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A young boy eats his meal in front of tent at a temporary camp set up for earthquake survivors, in Amizmiz in Morocco's High Atlas mountain range on September 14, 2023.

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The door of what used to be a home stands amidst rubble which was caused by the earthquake, in the town of Imi N'tala, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Wednesday, Sept. 13.

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Displaced villagers search for food and clothes left by volunteers in the Atlas Mountains range between Maarakesh and Taroudant, on September 14, 2023.

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People gather in tents in the earthquake-hit village of Ardouz, in Morocco's Amizmiz region on September 14, 2023.

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63-year-old Ahmed Hafidi (R) provides free food to the eartquake survivors near his destroyed guest house in the Atlas Mountains range in in Al-Haouz province on September 14.

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Displaced earthquake survivors share a meal of lentils for lunch in their tent in a village near Amizmiz on September 13.

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A displaced earthquake survivor pulls a sheep provided to her by disaster relief aid volunteers in a village near Amizmiz in central Morocco on September 13.