"That's when it struck," Ben Henna said.
The earthquake was Morocco's most powerful since at least 1900 and it killed more than 2,000 people, mostly in small mountain villages like Tafeghaghte where the Ben Henna family live.
Ben Henna and his other son, Mouad, staggered out of the open door into the alleyway as their house began to collapse.
One family Ben Henna knew lost seven members.
Fatima Boujdig sat with her husband in the shade of their large red truck, badly damaged by falling rubble, as a donkey grazed nearby.
Persons:
Ahmed El Jechtimi, Hamid ben, Marouane, Ben, Mouad, Amina, Ben Henna's, Henna's, Fatima Boujdig, Omer Berberoglu, Angus McDowall, Christina Fincher
Organizations:
REUTERS, Thomson
Locations:
Tafeghaghte, Morocco, Casablanca