UPDATE: Seriously damaging double earthquake near Blida, Algeria – at least 10 injured. Update 15:13 UTC : The road from Hammam Melouane towards de El-Makrounate has been seriously damaged due to deformation. Update 15:03 UTC : At least 10 injuries so far in the Blida area Important Update 14:49 UTC : The villages of Hammam Melouane et Chebli, located in the wilaya of Blida sustained what was called serious damage. Many houses were severely damaged and some even partially collapsed. Several people have been injured (source : Algerie1) Update : A local newspaper reports that 1 person was injured today Important Update : Did you know that : March 2, 1825, 07h A cruel intensity X=XI. Disastrous earthquake in Algeria, the town of Blida was completely destroyed, several thousands of inhabitants perished, a village was buried between two-hills, at Alger V (RK) or great damage reported by (MMC), felt throughout the mountains of the “Petit” Atlas (RK, GA, MMC, GS), 11 very violent aftershocks till March 6 Screen Shot 2014-12-23 at 11.10.55 Update : This earthquake happened at extremely shallow depth (hypocenter or breaking point in between 0 and 15 km) and might inflict serious damage and injuries in populated areas. The earthquake type is almost always strike-slip related (2 sides of a fault gliding horizontally next to each other). Extremely shallow strike-slip earthquakes are often inflicting minor damage from M3.8 on. They often lead to injuries and serious damage from M4.8 on (which is confirmed by this earthquake)
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 11:25:26 +0000
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