Origin time 17:36:56 UTC Depth 10 km (6 mi) Total damage $60.93 million | Magnitude 5.6 Mw Type Reverse | |
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Date December 22, 1999 (1999-12-22) | ||
The 1999 Aïn Témouchent earthquake occurred on December 22 at 18:36:56 local time in northern Algeria. The dip-slip event had a moment magnitude of 5.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). At least 22 were killed, 175 were injured, and 15,000 were homeless. The Belgian Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters' EM-DAT database and the USGS' National Geophysical Data Center both list financial losses of $60.93 million.
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