The 2023 Morocco earthquake sequence started on 8 September 2023 at 11:11  p.m., local time, with a MW 6.8 event, followed by a magnitude 4.9 aftershock 19 min later, striking the western sector of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco (Figure 1), characterized by low geodetic strain rates (Koulali et al.,  2011; Serpelloni et al., 2007).Previous geological studies (e.g., Bernard et al., 2010; Sebrier et al., 2006) have identifies several SW-NE trending compressive and transpressive fault systems, some of which were considered active in this area, often representing structures inherited from the Triassic extensional tectonic phases.According to the Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen (CSEM), to the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) and to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake's hypocenter was located at a depth of about 20-25 km with its epicenter in the High Atlas Mountains, 70 km southwest of the city of Marrakesh.The earthquake was felt as far away as Portugal and Algeria.