CCTV Captures Moment Earthquake Hit Morocco #MoroccoEarthquake

CCTV footage shows people inside a restaurant the moment a powerful earthquake hit Marrakech on Friday (Sept. 8).

People were running in different directions outside the restaurant, and a cloud of dust rose from the ground.

The video was verified by the time stamps which matched when the earthquake occurred, the video does not appear to have been shared online before and media in the region stated it was filmed in Marrakech.

The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. The Interior Ministry said 820 people had been killed and another 672 injured. Most of the fatalities are in mountainous areas outside Marrakech, the nearest city to the epicentre, its updated toll showed.