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What caused Morocco's earthquake?

With a magnitude of 6.8, the earthquake which hit central Morocco is the biggest the area has seen since before 1900.

The number of people killed in Friday's powerful earthquake in Morocco has risen to more than two thousand people, the interior ministry says. With a magnitude of 6.8, the earthquake which hit central Morocco is the biggest the area has seen since before 1900.

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