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was devastated by the earthquake; a fifth of it wholly destroyed, it was rebuilt and renamed El Asnam and later Chlef. While Algeria had set earthquake resistance regulations as early as 1717, it was the 1954 earthquake that ushered in fully comprehensive reforms for seismic-resistant design.
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6 million. It was followed by multiple aftershocks. Algeria faces annual earthquakes and has undergone several changes to its earthquake building codes since its first earthquake engineering regulations from 1717.
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El-Robrini, M.; Gennesseaux, M.; Mauffret, A. (1985). "Consequences of the El-Asnam earthquakes: Turbidity currents and slumps on the Algerian margin (Western Mediterranean)".
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along a NW-SE trend near the epicenter, but the structure of any faults is poorly understood. Because Algeria has a thin
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on 16 September which further damaged Orleansville. The main shock ruptured 16 km (9.9 mi) of rock, ripping
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are quite common, especially during earthquakes. During the 1954 earthquake, five underwater telephone cables in the
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evacuated 396 victims, including 147 on the first day, avoiding any traffic jams on site.
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International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering: Codes, Programs, and Examples
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on the spot largely participated in the relief and triggered the first airlift
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National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972),
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were cut by an avalanche, three recording the exact time of impact.
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and had a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi). There is evidence of
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lists the 1954 quake among the deadliest earthquakes in history.
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and creating visible fissures in the ground along the Dahra
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followed the earthquake, including a major tremor at 22:18
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Powerful earthquakes strike Algeria annually, ranging in
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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1954 Chlef earthquake is located in Algeria
UTC
ISC
891046
ANSS
ComCat
Mw
36°16′N 1°35′E / 36.27°N 1.59°E / 36.27; 1.59
Dip-slip
El Asnam Province
French Algeria
$
MMI XI (Extreme)
El Asnam Province
French Algeria
moment magnitude scale
Chlef
$
Mercalli intensity scale
major earthquake
Atlas Mountains
deformation
reverse fault
moment magnitude scale
International Seismological Centre
crustal shortening
shelf
landslides
Mediterranean Sea
Mostaganem

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