Morocco’s seismic activity over the past decade has been
moderate. Most of the seismic activity is in the North and Southeast part of Africa.
History shows that one of the worst earthquakes that ever happened was in this
country. The major earthquake that took many lives and destroyed many buildings
was the one that took place in Agadir in 1960. This event killed many people
and damaged many buildings. The devastation made a big impact on how the
country would build itself back up. The measures that took place to prevent
this kind of devastation from happening again were how they now build and
construct buildings. Most of the buildings that were built are not multistory they are square-type
buildings for more safety.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1960_02_29.php
it is devastating to hear about all the lives that were taken away and also hearing on how the city was impacted in a major way; but it is good to hear that the country changed its engineering skills to prevent from this happening again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both. Looking at a seismicity map of the country (http://file.scirp.org/Html/htmlimages/2-2740054x/8eb0b23a-48bb-4981-8124-3e7b13548d8d.png), it seems most of the current quakes (5 or less) are in the northern side, near the Straits. Interesting to me that the 1960 big quake happened in the south...mmm...maybe that is an area where the energy doesnt get released often and therefore, a most possible location for the next big quake..what do you think?
ReplyDeleteIt is a possibility the another quake could happen in the south providing it's the relief point. However, my prediction would be that the next big quake would be in the northern part of Morocco.
DeleteLike Morocco, Haiti has also suffered a major earthquake. The earthquake in Haiti was a lot more recent (in 2010) and was of a 7.0 magnitude. With Haiti being one of the poorest countries, they required a lot of aid from other countries. More than 230,000 people were killed and 1.5 million were displaced from their homes. Since then, they have began building structures that are of better materials and include international seismic standards.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do recall the devastation of that country for which many lives were lost. I think that the measures they are putting in place will benefit the country tremendously which will save many lives if another quakes of that magnitude were to happen.
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