The largest earthquakes in Algeria in the modern period: the El Asnam and Zemmouri-Boumerd s faults

Algeria has experienced many destructive earthquakes during the last few centuries (e.g., Ayadi and Bezzeghoud, 2015). The city of El Asnam (formerly Orléanville, today Chlef) was severely damaged in 1954 and 1980 by magnitude 6.7 and 7.3 earthquakes, respectively. On October 10, 1989, a magnitude 5...

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Main Author: Bezzeghoud, Mourad (author)
Other Authors: Ayadi, Abdelhakim (author), Caldeira, Bento (author), Fontiela, João (author), Borges, José Fernando (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Seismic source
Focal mechanism
Deformation
El Asnam and Zemmouri-Boumerdès earthquakes
Algeria
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22301
Country:Portugal
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