2003 Boumerdès earthquake
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2003 Boumerdès earthquake
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The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake occurred on May 21 at in northern Algeria. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in Boumerdès Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Algiers. The quake was the strongest to hit Algeria in more than twenty years – since 1980, when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake resulted in at least 2,633 deaths.
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Algeria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Boumerd%C3%A8s_earthquake
date created:
2008-05-21T19:41:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T14:20:23Z
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