The largest earthquakes in Algeria in the modern period: the El Asnam and Zemmouri-Boumerdès 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, J. Fernando (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Seismic source
Focal mechanisms
Deformation
El Asnam and Zemmouri-Boumerdès earthquakes
Algeria
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24532
Country:Portugal
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