![Setting up a camp for the first survivors south of the Amizmiz medina seen by Pléiades Neo - 30cm resolution Setting up a camp for the first survivors south of the Amizmiz medina seen by Pléiades Neo - 30cm resolution](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81885_9_headband_amizmiz_pleiades_neo_42acb4c3dd%2Fr81885_9_headband_amizmiz_pleiades_neo_42acb4c3dd.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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Earthquake in Morocco, Pléiades Neo Study on Amizmiz
The Airbus satellite constellation Pléiades has been mobilised by the International Charter Space and Major Disasters.
![SPOT image - Amizmiz and Tafeghaghte SPOT image - Amizmiz and Tafeghaghte](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81849_9_spot_image_earthquate_morocco_2023_c9a70fc128%2Fr81849_9_spot_image_earthquate_morocco_2023_c9a70fc128.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
Pléiades Neo and SPOT have been mobilised over the city of Marrakech, Amizmiz, Tizguine and Mouzda. Tasking was used to obtain coverage of the entire disaster area on 10th September, 2023.
Several buildings collapsed on themselves in the city of Amizmiz and in the village of Tafeghaghte, close the epicenter of the 7.2 earthquake occurred on September 8, 2023. These buildings have been identified in this Pléiades Neo imagery acquired on September 9, 2023, the day after the earthquake.
![Pléiades Neo imagery - Tafeghaghte, Morroco Pléiades Neo imagery - Tafeghaghte, Morroco](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81858_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom1_bce5deeb66%2Fr81858_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom1_bce5deeb66.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
The village of Tafeghaghte has been 80 % destroyed. This Pléiades Neo imagery was acquired one day after the earthquake and before the emergency arrives.
![Pléiades Neo imagery - Tafeghaghte, Morroco Pléiades Neo imagery - Tafeghaghte, Morroco](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81855_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom2_3c4ed80930%2Fr81855_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom2_3c4ed80930.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
Destruction north of Tafeghaghte: the old houses are mainly destroyed, the more recent houses have not collapsed but may be cracked. A yellow bulldozer begins the first clearing.
![Pléiades Neo imagery - Tafeghaghte, Morroco Pléiades Neo imagery - Tafeghaghte, Morroco](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81852_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom3_7daaad2b87%2Fr81852_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom3_7daaad2b87.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
Destruction south of Tafeghaghte: only the recent buildings have withstood the damage. Red carpets have been laid out away from the rubble and in the shade of trees to welcome the first survivors.
![Pléiades neo image - 30cm resolution - Landslides on the road between Amizmiz and Tafeghaghte Pléiades neo image - 30cm resolution - Landslides on the road between Amizmiz and Tafeghaghte](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81861_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom4_3e5ffa7952%2Fr81861_9_tafeghaghte_pleiades_neo_zoom4_3e5ffa7952.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
Landslides on the road between Amizmiz and Tafeghaghte.
![The destruction is most significant in the center of the western town of Amizmiz seen by Pléiades Neo - 30cm resolution The destruction is most significant in the center of the western town of Amizmiz seen by Pléiades Neo - 30cm resolution](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81864_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom5_09610c3087%2Fr81864_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom5_09610c3087.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
The destruction is most significant in the center of the western town of Amizmiz where the buildings are the oldest.
![Pléiades Neo imagery - Amizmiz Pléiades Neo imagery - Amizmiz](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81870_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom7_4b3ae40433%2Fr81870_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom7_4b3ae40433.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
The medina of Amizmiz is strongly affected by the earthquake especially in the central parts.
![Pléiades Neo imagery - Amizmiz Pléiades Neo imagery - Amizmiz](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81873_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom8_a2ff4f6e60%2Fr81873_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom8_a2ff4f6e60.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
First relief organizations by the population north of the medina.
![Pléiades Neo imagery - Amizmiz Pléiades Neo imagery - Amizmiz](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fp-oaf-ibe-back-00e-strapi-uploads%2Fr81867_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom6_f31a0ca8eb%2Fr81867_9_morocco_amizmiz_earthquake_zoom6_f31a0ca8eb.jpg&w=1920&q=75)
Setting up a camp for the first survivors south of the Amizmiz medina.