Expert comment: Professor Walker on the Morocco earthquake disaster

Published on September 11, 2023

Professor Richard Walker (Department of Earth Sciences) describes the background to the devastating 8 September 2023 Morocco earthquake, which has a  current death toll of nearly 2,500 lives.
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