careen torbey, bbc news. tech to detect earthquakes is improving. limited. the earthquake that struck central morocco on friday night was the strongest to hit the region since before 1900. now, this magnitude 6.8 quake killed thousands of people and caused widespread damage. but why do earthquakes occur? and was the one in morocco to be expected? well, they happen when the earth's crust, which is its outermost shell, moves. tectonic plates, which are pieces of the earth's crust, don't always move smoothly alongside each other, and sometimes they get stuck. now, when this happens, pressure builds up and when the pressure is eventually released as energy, an earthquake tends to occur. there are several earthquake belts around the world, regions that are prone to earthquake activity. tectonic plate activity can be seen in them, such as the pacific belt, also known as the ring of fire, which is the most deadly, having previously led to earthquakes in chile and alaska. other earthquake belts, according to the us geographic survey, include the alpine eart

bbc arabics' careen torbey sends us this from the atlas mountains.ere about 100 homes. people have been digging through the rubble since the deadly earthquake hit on friday. now that the rescue teams have arrived, the search continues for any bodies. days after the earthquake, there is no more hope to find any survivors in this village. these rescuers are looking for a three bodies, a grandfather, father and a toddler. they are doing so with their bare hands. this is also how this man searched for his wife, son and daughter, whose bodies he recovered hours after the earthquake hit. translation: my wife was here. there was my daughter. she was like this. and over there, my son. i dug with my own hands and with the help of some people here, we pulled their bodies out. i lost my kids, i lost everything. i appeal for the authorities and his majesty the king to help me. may they rest in peace. amen. the only people trapped under the rubble who survived were those rescued by the villagers. the night the earthquake struck. translation: there were five of us

careen torbey, bbc news. nhs hospitals, are subjected to a culture of "sexual harassment" and assaults by male colleagues — according to a major new report shared exclusively with bbc news. the research, described by the royal college of surgeons as "truly shocking", identifies a pattern of female trainees' being abused by senior male surgeons. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. spoke to dr liz o'riordan, a retired surgeon, about her experience of sexual harrassment. over half of myjobs i was sexually harassed. that range from being in an operating theatre by the consultant stood next to me asked me who was having sex with and then propositioned me to being at a christmas party and american sultan from another hospital came up to me, grabbed his erection beside me and said it's not cheating if i kiss you. said it's not cheating if i kiss ou. . �* , , , said it's not cheating if i kiss ou. . h , , ., you. that's 'ust the tip of it. in terms of — you. that'sjust the tip of it. in terms of how _ y

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