1954 Chlef earthquake
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title:
1954 Chlef earthquake
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The 1954 Chlef earthquake struck El Asnam Province in French Algeria on 9 September at. The shock measured 6.7 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). It destroyed Chlef, then named Orléansville, leaving over 1,243 people dead and 5,000 injured. Damage was estimated at $6 million. It was followed by multiple aftershocks. Algeria faces annual earthquakes and has undergone several changes to its earthquake building codes since its first earthquake engine
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Earthquake of the coast of Algeria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Chlef_earthquake
date created:
2013-09-06T21:31:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T23:37:11Z
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