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Algeria – Damaging Earthquake 7/17

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Dangerous earthquake in Nord d’Algerie – 11 injured

Update 09:57 UTC  : Radio Algérienne is mentioning a report from the Protection Civile (Civil Defense) that 11 people are now recorded as treated for slight injuries. Also slight damage at an number of houses like cracks in the walls.

Update 08:37 UTC  : we are continuously searching for more news but so far only what we have reported below.

Update 06:34 UTC : According to national radio, the earthquake has so far injured seven, four in Algiers and 3 in Blida. The earthquake also caused cracks in several houses, according to the same source added that the inhabitants of Hammam Melouane (epicenter) complain about the lack of emergency services on the site. The radio reported the presence of the army and the gendarmerie in Hammam Melouane.

Update 05:20 UTC : Earthquake-report.com considers this earthquake as an ongoing reports and will add more updates as time is passing by.

Update 05:18 UTC  : CRAAG reported that the epicenter was located at 4 km from Hammam Melouane. Civil Defence groups are currently assessing the situation. So far we have 3 injuries hurt by falling objects and 2 threated for secondary shock reasons. Algeria has always been an active earthquake area as a major fault runs along the coast.

Update 04:38 UTC  : We think that more information will be available in a couple of hours, but we are almost sure that damage will be generated. So far NO news about it.

Update 03:42 UTC  : This is a VERY populated area and houses in Algeria have almost no resistance against earthquakes. Weaker earthquakes have been generating damage a few weeks ago.

Moderate to strong earthquake in Northern Algeria. Epicenter close to Chebli.
This was an early wake up call in Algeria.
Slight damage possible as this is a very populated area.

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3km (2mi) ENE of Bouinan, Algeria
4km (2mi) W of Bougara, Algeria
4km (2mi) SSE of Chebli, Algeria
8km (5mi) SW of Sidi Moussa, Algeria
23km (14mi) S of Algiers, Algeria

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 4.9

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-07-17 04:00:56

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-07-17 03:00:56

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 10 km

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2013/07/17/moderate-earthquake-northern-algeria-on-july-17-2013/

 

Earthquakes – Algerian Coast

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Moderate earthquake near Bejaia (Algeria) – At least 11 people treated for various injuries

Last update: May 27, 2013 at 8:50 am by By

Update May 27, 08:39 UTC : Several houses and buildings showed cracked walls in Tichy, Baccaro and Aokas, east of the city of Bejaia. These areas were closest to the epicenter. According to the same sources, the Aokas mosque was slightly damaged.

Slight damage at mosque tower in Aokas - image courtesy Aokas forum

Slight damage at mosque tower in Aokas – image courtesy Aokas forum

Update 22:12 UTC : Local press reports are indicating that 11 people have been treated for various indications in local hospitals. 2 students were injured while jumping out of a window in panic (never do that yourself).  Other people had nervous breakdowns. None of the injured had direct shaking injuries as far as we could see.
Widespread panic was reported from the locations closest to the epicenter (including Bejaia). People ran out in the streets and stayed there for a while out of fear for aftershocks.
We expect a better roundup tomorrow morning.

Update 17:24 UTC : According to some Twitter sources, 4 persons are reported injured (to be confirmed).
This earthquake can be called an aftershock of the M5.5 earthquake which struck the same area on May 19.
The city/village of Aokas is closest to the epicenter. As the epicenter was however in the Mediterranean Sea, the shaking impact will have been weakened somewhat.

Image courtesy Madi Nasser - View of Aokas

Image courtesy Madi Nasser – View of Aokas

Update : On vous invite de nous envoyer votre témoignage par le formulaire ci-dessous. Merci d’Avance.
We would like to invite you to send us which shaking you have experienced when you have felt this earthquake. Thank you.

The moderate earthquakes at the Northern Aleria coast seem not to stop the last couple of weeks. This time the epicenter was located close to the Bejaia coast. Bedjaia is a big city with 164000 inhabitants.
We expect at least some minor damage from this earthquake.

image courtesy EMSC

image courtesy EMSC

194 km E of Algiers, Algeria / pop: 1,977,663 / local time: 17:00:57.0 2013-05-26
12 km E of Bejaïa, Algeria / pop: 164,103 / local time: 17:00:57.0 2013-05-26

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-05-26 17:00:57

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-05-26 16:00:57

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 8 km

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2013/05/26/moderate-earthquake-northern-algeria-on-may-26-2013/

5/18 Earthquakes – Algeria, Afghanistan, Japan, Chile

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May 18, 2012 – Moderate earthquakes in Afghanistan and Algeria

Algeria earthquake
The earthquake is very shallow (if preliminary data will be confirmed). Epicenter is approx. 20 km from Brida and approx. 30 km from Aflou.  Brida has a population of 5,742 (1998 cencus) and Aflou has a population of 48,000 inhabitants. Earthquake-Report.com has no certainty at all about the faith of this 2 villages.  The epicenter location given by seismological agencies has almost always an error margin of +10 km. We do not see major problems if the epicenter will be confirmed where it is located now, but when closer to one of both villages or towns,  damage cannot be excluded.
– The earthquake happened in the Sahara Atlas at a approx. altitude of 1,400 meter.
Update 13:39 UTC : EMSC has changed its parameters from M5.1 to M4.7 and from a depth of 2 km to a depth of 5 km. These latest values are far better (less dangerous) than the initial ones.

Moderate earthquake relatively close to Kabul, Afghanistan
The epicenter of this earthquake was only at 38 km from Afghanistan. EMSC and USGS data versions are completely different in focal depth at the time of writing (13:25 UTC).  EMSC reports a depth of 80 km and USGS a depth of 10 km. This kind of difference in focal depth is almost like early morning and sunset !

Moderate earthquake shakes the interior of Honshu, Japan
We have a sudden surge in people from Japan, which indicates mostly an earthquake
We have NO earthquake data yet, but max. JMA intensity is 4 so far.
– The epicenter of this earthquake was in between Sano and Tsukuba, inland. The depth of the hypocenter makes it a far away felt earthquake. The way people felt this earthquake is another proof that similar magnitudes and similar depths are being felt completely different from one area to another.
– The earthquake has been well felt in Tokyo too (see experience reports).
– JMA 4 intensity (scale from 0 to 7) at Ibaraki-ken Nambu, Tochigi-ken Nambu, Saitama-ken Hokubu and Saitama-ken Nambu. Earthquake-report.com uses 5+ as a potentially damaging intensity. The greater Tokyo area was reported as a JMA 3 intensity

Strong (harmless) earthquake off the coast of Chile
The epicenter was located at more than 500 km out of the coast.  The Magnitude is totally harmless to generate a tsunami.  The hypocenter depth is 10 km and indicates that the earthquake was generated by tensions in a separating oceanic plate (separating Nazca and Antarctic plates area).  The satellite map below shows the dividing area very well.

http://earthquake-report.com/2012/05/17/major-earthquakes-list-may-18-2012/