L'Atlas
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 46 |
| Born | France |
| Parents | Yann Dedet |
| Date of birth | January 1,1978 |
| Books | L'Atlas: lines of divergence |
| Atlas, 2002-2012 | |
| Movies/Shows | Land of the Singing Dog |
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| ID | 1790654 |
L'Atlas Life story
L'Atlas is a French painter, photographer and video artist who studied calligraphy, typography and editing techniques for documentaries.
Morocco earthquake: Young volunteers answer desperate calls for help
... Milk, nappies, jam and bedding are all being passed along human chains, loaded into trucks destined for villages dotted across The Atlas mountains...
Morocco earthquake: One community's search for its last victim
...By Alice Cuddy in The Atlas MountainsBBC NewsIn the village of Ouirgane in The Atlas Mountains, residents gather on piles of debris around the home of a mother and daughter buried underneath...
Morocco earthquake: 'We need help from whomever will give it'
...By Nick BeakeBBC News, Ait HmidIn the tiny village of Algou, high in The Atlas Mountains, screams came from under the rubble in the terrifying moments after the earthquake...
Morocco earthquake: 'I had to choose between my parents and son'
...By Alice Cuddy, in The Atlas MoutainsBBC NewsTayeb ait Ighenbaz was forced to choose whether to save his 11-year-old son or his parents when they became trapped under rubble after Morocco s earthquake struck...
Morocco earthquake: Baby starts life in tent as quake victims await aid
... With their new-born, Khadija and her husband tried to take a taxi early on Saturday to their home in Taddart in The Atlas Mountains, about 65km (40 miles) from Marrakesh...
Morocco quake leaves half of village's population dead or missing
... Morocco s tragedy is that this scene is being played out in village after village across The Atlas Mountains...
Morocco earthquake: Race against time to save survivors buried in rubble
... A BBC reporter saw Spanish sniffer dogs in a village in The Atlas Mountains on Sunday...
Morocco earthquake: Such magnitude unusual for country
... This quake will be related to the thrusting and faulting that continues to push up The Atlas Mountains...
Morocco earthquake: Such magnitude unusual for country
By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent
The earthquake of magnitude 6. 8 which has hit central Morocco is the biggest the area has seen since before 1900.
Thousands have died in, which struck at 23:11 local time on Friday.
The epicentre was in The High Atlas Mountains , 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18. 5km, the US Geological Survey said.
The main tectonic driver is the collision between the plates that carry the European and African continents.
This quake will be related to the thrusting and faulting that continues to Push Up the Atlas Mountains .
But Morocco is not really The Place where such powerful earthquakes occur.
Most of the earthquake activity from this slow (4mm/year) geological " car crash" is further east in The Mediterranean , around Italy, Greece and towards Turkey.
In terms of history, there has been nothing bigger than a magnitude 6. 0 within 500km (300 miles) of Friday Night 's epicentre since before 1900.
This unfamiliarity of this has consequences. The Quake memory in the population will be limited and so will have been the preparedness.
It is often also the case that quakes that hit at night have bigger death tolls, as people are more likely to be inside collapsing buildings.
The US Geological Survey runs a model that estimates the probable scale of The Casualties and economic losses. It suggests for this event that the Death Toll could be in The High hundreds to low thousands.
The current toll could therefore rise and there could be aftershocks. As a rule of thumb people could expect to see one that is about one magnitude less than the main shock.
But even smaller tremors risk bringing down already damaged buildings.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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