Grim news coming out of Morocco as state TV, citing a government minister, reports the number of people killed in the earthquake has now reached 632, with a further 329 injured.

Iran PressAfrica: A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake has shocked Morocco, the country’s geophysical centre said the quake struck in the Ighil area of the High Atlas.

The impact, however, has been felt as far afield as Portugal and Algeria.

Ighil, a mountainous area with small farming villages, is about 70km (40 miles) south-west of Marrakech.

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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattles Morocco, north Africa