Emergency Manager's Weekly Report
Moroccan Earthquake Situation Report #5
Highlights:
· There is restricted access to earthquake affected areas. The government is leading ongoing efforts for road clearance and locations which were initially not accessible by vehicles.
· The continued risk of landslides and the large distances involved are also complicating the rescue and relief efforts.
· The Moroccan government reports that as of September 13th, there are 2,946 Fatalities and 5,674 people injured.
· The current humanitarian needs are:
o Water and sanitation
o Sheltering
o Healthcare and medical equipment
o Food assistance
o Heavy search and rescue equipment
o Non-Food Items
· A total of 3,001 healthcare workers have been deployed to assist survivors.
· The Qatar Red Crescent Society is working with the Moroccan Red Crescent Society on delivering relief supplies.
· The Government of Morocco is managing the emergency response with limited presence of international actors.
· The Smithson Cultural Rescue Initiative, Penn Cultural Heritage Center, the Virginia Museum of Natural History, and the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab have released a rapid report confirming extensive damage to the Tinmel Mosque:
o The four exterior walls and the interior of the mosque were severely damaged by the earthquake.
o The Tinmel Mosque was established in the 12th century AD.
o The mosque was added to the list of Tentative World Heritage Sites in 1995.
Sources:
· Morocco - Earthquake, update (DG ECHO, Government of Morocco, Copernicus EMSR, UNITAR-UNOSAT) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 September 2023)
· Morocco Earthquake Disaster Brief, September 2023
· Morocco and Libya Global Coordination Call, 14 September 2023
· Morocco - Earthquake September 2023: Map of shake intensity level (MMI) and impacted population by Province (12 Sep 2023)
· Moroccan Government Twitter Page
· Copernicus EMS Twitter Page
· Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Twitter Page
Resources
ACAPS Thematic report - Morocco Earthquake: province profiles for Azilal, Ouarzazate, and Marrakesh prefecture (14 September 2023) (New)
Humanitarian Data Exchange, Morocco Earthquake Website (New)
https://data.humdata.org/event/morocco-earthquake
UNITAR, 6.8 Earthquake Web Map
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c6682b3811894bff9ffcfa58c166d742/page/UNOSAT/
Moroccan Government, Monetary Donations Website
Canadian Red Cross, Monetary Donations Website
https://donate.redcross.ca/page/134930/donate/1?locale=en-CA
Center for International Disaster Information, Monetary Donations
https://www.cidi.org/disaster-responses/morocco-earthquake/
Center for Disaster Philanthropy, How to help Morocco’s earthquake survivors
https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/how-to-help-moroccos-earthquake-survivors/