On September 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake and several strong aftershocks struck central Morocco, about 46 miles southeast of Marrakech. Recent reports indicate that the earthquake and its aftershocks resulted in the deaths of more than 2,100 people and injured more than 2,400 others as of September 10. The number of recorded casualties will almost certainly increase in the coming days as humanitarian assessments and search-and-rescue operations continue. The earthquakes affected remote, mountainous areas in...