2Thisweek’sbignewsOnSeptember8,apowerfulearthquakestruckMorocco.ItwasthestrongestquakeintheNorthAfricannationinmorethan100years.Whathappened?AnearthquakeisasuddenshakingoftheEarth’ssurfacethatoccurswhentwoblocksoftheplanet’scrust,calledtectonicplates,suddenlyshiftpositions.TheMoroccoquakemeasuredamagnitudeofatleast6.8onascaleusedbytheUSGeologicalSurveythatgoesupto10.Theepicenter(wheretheearthquakebeginsandisstrongest)wasintheHighAtlasmountainrange,about45milessouthwestoftheancientcityofMarrakesh.TremorswerefeltasfarawayasCasablanca,morethan150milestothenorth.VillagesatthefootoftheAtlasmountainswerethehardesthit,andwidespreaddestructionalsooccurredinMar...
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