![PHOTO: A man prays next to the rubble of an earthquake destroyed house in Imi N'Tala village near Amizmiz, Morocco on Sept. 12, 2023.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/morocco-6-gty-bb-230913_1694613875775_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg)
The death toll has continued to climb in the wake of the rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night.
More than 2,900 people are confirmed dead.
The quake, Morocco's strongest in more than a century, hit the country's High Atlas mountain range near Marrakech.