Rabat: The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco has risen to 632, while 329 people have been injured, the Al-Arabiya broadcaster reported on Saturday. The death toll is most likely to rise further as per reports.
Earlier reports said there were 296 fatalities as a result of the natural disaster, which hit Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said earlier in the day that that a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in Morocco 77 kilometers southwest of the city of Marrakesh. (with Agency inputs)