2010 Beni-Ilmane earthquakes

Earthquakes in Algeria
35°54′N 4°07′E / 35.9°N 4.12°E / 35.9; 4.12 [1]TypeStrike-slip[1]Areas affectedAlgeriaMax. intensityEMS-98 VII (Damaging)[2]Aftershocks5.1 Mw May 16 at 06:52 [3]
5.2 Mw May 23 at 13:28 [4] Casualties2 dead, 43 injured [5]
M 5.3 - Northern Algeria 14.05.2010

The 2010 Beni-Ilmane earthquakes began 14 May at 12:29:22 UTC, when a Mw  5.3 strike-slip earthquake occurred in Northern Algeria. With a maximum EMS-98 intensity of VII (Damaging), it was the first in a sequence of three shocks that affected the Bouïra Province over a ten-day period. Two people were killed, forty-three were injured, and some structural damage was reported.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d USGS. "M5.3 - northern Algeria". United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ Yelles-Chaouche et al. 2014, pp. 1289, 1290
  3. ^ USGS. "M5.1 – northern Algeria". United States Geological Survey.
  4. ^ USGS. "M5.2 – northern Algeria". United States Geological Survey.
  5. ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

Sources

  • Abacha, I.; Koulakov, I.; Semmane, F.; Yelles Chaouche, A. K. (2014), "Seismic tomography of the area of the 2010 Beni-Ilmane earthquake sequence, north-central Algeria", SpringerPlus, 3 (650): 1–10, doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-650, PMC 4230316, PMID 25485193
  • Mohamed, B. (2012). Msila Algeria Earthquake of May 14, 2010: Main Features And Building Damage Analysis (PDF). 15 WCEE, Lisboa 2012.
  • Yelles-Chaouche, A. K.; Abacha, I.; Semmane, F.; Beldjoudi, H.; Djellit, H. (2014), "The Beni-Ilmane (North-Central Algeria) Earthquake Sequence of May 2010", Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171 (7): 1263–1298, Bibcode:2014PApGe.171.1283Y, doi:10.1007/s00024-013-0709-3, S2CID 129560001

External links

  • Algeria earthquake kills two – Reuters
  • Earthquake kills two and injures 43 in northern Algeria – France 24
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