Origin time 12:29 UTC Depth 2 km (1 mi) Areas affected Algeria | Magnitude 5.3 Mw Type Strike-slip | |
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Date 14 May 2010 (2010-05-14) | ||
The 2010 Beni-Ilmane earthquakes began 14 May at 12:29:22 UTC, when a M5.3 strike-slip earthquake occurred in Northern Algeria. With a maximum EMS-98 intensity of VII (Damaging), it was the first in a sequence of three shocks that affected the Bouïra Province over a ten-day period. Two people were killed, forty-three were injured, and some structural damage was reported.
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