Advertising. Found inside â Page 198... disasters that have affected many neighbourhoods of the capital and its suburbs (e.g. the floods of Bab City 2001, and the Boumerdes Earthquake 2003). Found inside â Page 216The sector offers little specialization, which has decreased its capacity to respond to the market needs, such as after the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake. Boumerdes Earthquake, 2003. Infrastructure was predictably damaged in Algiers, Boumerdès, Réghaïa and Thénia; roads in Algeria are generally of high quality, but many city streets and local roads were difficult to traverse because of debris from collapsed buildings. Disaster Natural Earthquake Boumerdes 2003 April 12, 2016 Disaster Natural. The quake generated a localized tsunami, which damaged boats off the coast of the Balearic Islands. AP A man walks past a destroyed building in Reghaia, in the Boumerdes region of Algiers, May 22, 2003. Time in M'khakhcha is now 09:52 AM (Tuesday) . ^ The Boumerdes (Algeria) Earthquake of May 21, 2003: Preliminary Reconnaissance Using Remotely Sensed Data Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering ^ a b Building performance in the Boumerdes, Algeria, Earthquake of May 21, 2003 Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering 2003, Hamdache et al. Wikipedia They are first used to determine the absolute position of the fault. The observed strong motion records agree . QuickBird satellite observed these areas before and after the earthquake. Fully automatic inversions using near-real time data provided solutions for seven Mw ≥ 4.7 events within 90 minutes after event occurrence. of the sediment plume off Boumerdes that originated after the earthquake.` 2.2 The 2003 Boumerd`es earthquake and linked phenomena The 2003 Boumerd`es earthquake caused more than 2300 deaths and injured around 10000 people. In the rest of the surrounding villages, damages are very sparse and much less important. The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake occurred on May 21 at 19:44:21 local time in northern Algeria.The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in Boumerdès Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Algiers.The quake was the strongest to hit Algeria in more than twenty years . Casualties from the disaster totalled 26,271, though some estimates put this number much higher, at . Housing Destroyed/Damaged Not specified
Shaking by moderate to large earthquakes in the Mediterranean Sea has proved in the past to potentially trigger catastrophic sediment collapse and flow. Found inside â Page 40United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2003. ... M6.8 Boumerdes, Algeria earthquake of 21 May 2003. US Geological Survey. The province was very hard hit by the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, whose epicentre was near Zemmouri. The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shook northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). According to the United States Geological Survey. of the sediment plume off Boumerdes that originated after the earthquake.` 2.2 The 2003 Boumerd`es earthquake and linked phenomena The 2003 Boumerd`es earthquake caused more than 2300 deaths and injured around 10000 people. The province was very hard hit by the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, whose epicentre was near Zemmouri. This is among the strongest seismic events of the mediterranean region and the most important event in the capital Algiers since 1716. Found inside â Page 172So, this result shows an annulment of the effective stress of El-Hadjar sand and confirms the liquefaction observed during the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake as ... On the 21st of May 2003, the most powerful earthquake to have affected North Africa since 1980 struck northern Algeria. Accelerograms are used to infer the space‐time history of the rupture using a two‐step inversion in the spectral domain. 2003-05-21 19:33:53 UTC 3.8 magnitude, 10 km depth Dellys, Boumerdes, Algeria 3.8 magnitude earthquake 2003-05-21 19:33:53 UTC at 19:33 May 21, 2003 UTC Found inside â Page 279... earthquake (Turkey, 1971) 182 Boen, Teddy 188â189, 227â228 Bogotá (Colombia) 185, 225â226 Booth, Edmund 175â178 Boumerdes earthquake (Algeria, 2003) 11, ... 2. The International Information Center for Structural Engineers, Athens Earthquake, Greece, 7 September 1999, El Quindio, Colombia Earthquake, January 25, 1999, Spitak, Armeni SSR Earthquake, December 7, 1988, Earthquake Damage to Transportation Systems, Loma Prieta Earthquake, California, October 18, 1989, Cape Mondocino, California Earthquake, April 25-26, 1992, Langers / Big Bear Earthquake, California, June 28, 1992, Northridge, California Earthquake, January 17, 1994, Nisqually, Washington Earthquake, February 28, 2001, Izmit (Kocaeli), Turkey Earthquake, August 17, 1999, Duzce, Turkey Earthquake, November 12, 1999, Shikotan, Kuril Islands Earthquake & Tsunami October 4, 1994, Mexico City, Earthquake, September 19, 1985, Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe), Japan Earthquake, January 16, 1995, Earthquake Damage, May 21, 2003 Boumerdes earthquake, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets, Calculate the vertical deflection of a beam, Spring Assemblies in Series/Parallel: Two Springs in Series, Calculate the variation in length of the rod, Seismometers providing crucial data on Haiti’s earthquake, Haiti update: Tropical Storm Grace following the M7.2 earthquake, 7.2 magnitude quake struck Haiti - at least 1,297 people killed, thousands injured, hundreds missing, 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Philippines - no major damage reported, Earthquake strucks Alaska with 8.2 magnitude, The US National Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings for Tsunami, Boumerdes, Algeria Earthquake, May 21, 2003. Introduction [2] The Mw = 6.9 May 21, 2003 Boumerdes-Zemmouri earthquake occurred beneath the northern coast of Algeria, about 50 kilometers east of Algiers [Ayadi et al., 2003].Maximum intensity (EMS98 X) was observed in cities and villages located along the coast, among which Boumerdes and Zemmouri. Damage assessment. BOUMERDES, ALGERIA, EARTHQUAKE RECONNAISSANCE REPORT 1 Introduction At 18:44 UTC (19:44 local time) on May 21, 2003 a strong, shallow earthquake of moment magnitude Mw=6.8 shook northern Algeria and caused damage in fi ve provinces in the north-central section of the country. Geophys. Found inside â Page 230The sector offers little specialization, which has decreased its capacity to respond to the market needs, such as after the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake. The rupture process and location of the 2003 Zemmouri-Boumerdes earthquake (Mw 6.8) inferred from seismic and geodetic data. Displaced 200,000
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It caused a widespread damage in the epicentral region, claimed 2271 human lives, injured 10000, about 20000 housing units affected and left about . Found inside â Page 283In relation to these two earthquakes, an important tsunami (at least one) ... 2003 Boumerdes earthquake, little is known about the size and impact of past ... was the 2003, Mw6.9, Zemmouri-Boumerdes earthquake 50 km east of the capital. Algeria is a North African country. The severity of a disaster is measured in lives lost, economic loss, and the ability of . In the last 20 years, Algeria, has witnessed an exponential expansion of physical impacts and losses caused by natural hazards. The quake left over 2,000 casualties, 10,000 injuries, and 200,000 people homeless. The May 21, 2003 Boumerdes‐Zemmouri earthquake involved two slip zones for a total length of 55 km and moment magnitude Mw = 6.9. Site response characteristics at seismic stations were investigated using horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratios calculated from a seismic-motion dataset of the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake, and transfer functions were evaluated from soil profile data. In addition, 10261 people injured, and 200000 homeless. Google Scholar Earthquake engineering education. Found inside â Page 263The 2003 Boumerdes, Algeria earthquake: Regional moment tensor analysis. Geo- physical Research Letters, 32, L06305, doi:10.1029/2004 GL022038. The minor ports in Zemmouri and Dellys received little damage. Here we applied the scale to a recent earthquake (Mw 6.8, 2003) that took place offshore in the province of Boumerdès in the north It caused a widespread damage in the epicentral region, claimed 2271 human lives, injured 10000, about 20000 housing units affected and left about . Found inside â Page 202In the vibratory test using a seismic frequency of the Boumerdes earthquake in 2003 (Fig. 1), the use of the same frequency allows us to ... Besides casualties, the earthquake produced important damage onshore (col-lapse of many buildings; see e.g. New York, New York. Harbi et al . Yet, the earthquake should not have been a surprised neither by its occurrence, nor by its impact. the 2003 earthquake in Boumerdes, the great Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2011 earthquake in the Great East of Japan, etc.) The coastal region of Algeria and particularly its central section is known to Country Algeria
Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue, International Search and Rescue Advisory Group, Volcano warning schemes of the United States. 2004), whose effect was felt more than 150 km away. During the tsunami of May 2003 in the Balearic Islands, generated by the Algerian earthquake, most of the damage and economic losses occurred inside the harbours, due to high frequency oscillations of relatively large amplitude, combined effect of the tsunami and local resonances. Liquefaction. The Boumerdes (Algeria) earthquake of May 21, 2003 caused extensive damage in Boumerdes and Zemmouri (Algeria) areas, mainly concentrated in the Southwest of each of these municipalities. It's Found inside â Page 378... faulting offshore Boumerdes, Algeria, and its relation to the 2003 Mw 6.9 earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 32: doi:10.1029/2004GL021646 Domzig, ... Since this region is known to present diverse active faults, it is essential to study moderate and small earthquakes to detect more active faults in the region for the purpose of updating the seismic hazard map. Found inside â Page 26... Report of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI 2003) for the 2003 Boumerdes, Algeria earthquake concluded in similar observations. 2003-05-27 17:40:07 UTC 3.0 magnitude, 10 km depth Dellys, Boumerdes, Algeria 3.0 magnitude earthquake 2003-05-27 17:40:07 UTC at 17:40 May 27, 2003 UTC Life and career of esteemed architect Mary Comerio. 3). It was the most violent earthquake that occurred in northern Algeria after the 1980 El Asnam earthquake, but remains the most disastrous in terms of human victims, Earthquake in Boumerdes, Algeria in May, 2003 Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Maximum slip of ca 3 m occurred in the SW slip zone, which did not reach the surface but was confined to the depth range 11 to 2 km. Found inside â Page 215The sector offers little specialization, which has decreased its capacity to respond to the market needs, such as after the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake. Found inside â Page 350Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes Julien Fréchet, ... 2003, Mw = 6.8 Boumerdes earthquake, Algeria, from GPS measurements. Geophys. Centred in Boumerdes region some 50 km east of the capital city of Algiers, the worst affected urban areas were the cities of Boumerdes, Zemmouri, Thenia, Belouizded, Rouiba and Reghaia, together with the eastern areas of the capital.. As soon as the earthquake stopped, hundred of young people hurried to rescue the injured from under the wreckages of ruined houses and buildings. It caused a widespread damage in the epicentral region, claimed 2271 human lives, injured 10000 . Found inside â Page 11492004. Boumerdes earthquake, 21 May 2003. Japanese Reconnaissance Team, Japan Association of Earthquake Engineering report, pp. Interactive map of M'khakhcha. Boumerdes, Algeria earthquake, May 21, 2003. This is among the strongest seismic events of the mediterranean region and the most important event in the capital Algiers since 1716. 3, No. It was reported to have recorded an intensity of X. Found inside â Page 37of development set-backs through earthquake losses has become very clear, ... in the Boumerdes earthquake (Algeria, 2003), the Kashmir earthquake (Pakistan, ... Found insideA. Continuous GPS data for two years following the 2003 M = 6.9 Boumerdes earthquake in Algeria shows a time-dependent logarithmic decay in displacement. Earthquake Boumerdes 2003. disaster natural definition : The definition of natural disasters is any catastrophic event that is caused by nature or the natural processes of the earth. Found inside â Page 168Earthquake Spectra 21(S1):S225âS238. ... segmentation and classification from high-resolution satellite images for the 2003 Boumerdes, Algeria earthquake. A destructive earthquake of magnitude Mw = 6.8 hit the region of Boumerdes and Algiers (Algeria) on May 21, 2003. Note Total affected: 210,261
A destructive earthquake of magnitude Mw = 6.8 hit the region of Boumerdes and Algiers (Algeria) on May 21, 2003. Thénia was very near to the offshore epicenter of the May 21, 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, the strongest quake to hit Algeria since 1980. Along with this, 10,000 buildings got destroyed or partially collapsed. AP A doctor works by victims of the earthquake in a hospital in Algiers, May 21, 2003. In Altai Republic, Russia near the borders of Mongolia, China, and Kazakhstan. 2015 , 172 , 2421-2434. The main shock was felt about 250 km far from the epicenter and triggered sea waves of 1-3 m in amplitude in Balearic islands (Spain). In terms of geological conditions, the area of Boumerdes province mainly consists of cristallo-phyllian rocks overlain by quaternary sandy clay formations. Location Thenia, Boumerdes, Zemmouri. Infrastructure was predictably damaged in Algiers, Boumerdès, Réghaïa and Thénia; roads in Algeria are generally of high quality, but many city streets and local roads were difficult to traverse because of debris from collapsed buildings. This uplift is about a half of the extracted coseismic slip from the seismic moment. The fault might emerge at about 15 km offshore. Found inside â Page 182... in school buildings to prevent their collapse in future earthquakes, ... following the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake, stories were included in the lessons ... The location of epicenter is 36.90N 3.71E determined by U.S.G.S. GLIDE No. (2009). the Brief Overview of the Disaster On the 21st of May 2003, the most powerful earthquake to have affected North Africa since 1980 struck northern Algeria. 2003: Bam/Off-shore Tokachi/Northern Miyagi/Miyagiken Oki/Boumerdes/Bingol Earthquakes 2002: Changrureh/Sultandagi-Afyon Earthquakes 2001: Atico/2001 Kutch/Off the Coast of El Salvador Earthquakes Found inside â Page 417ZemmouriâBoumerdes. Earthquake. of. 21. May. 2003. The easternmost edge of the Mitidja Basin experienced a strong earthquake of Mw 6.8 on 21 May 2003, ... Based on these images, the present authors performed visual damage detection of buildings. Advertising. The focal depth of the earthquake was about 10 km. M6.8 Boumerdes, Algeria Earthquake of 21 May 2003 0 20 40 80 120 160 Kilometers SCALE 1:1,000,000 EXPLANATION Main Shock 21 May 2003 Aftershocks 21 - 23 May 2003 M < 4.5 4.5 - 94.9 5.0 - 4 5.5 - 6.0 Boundary Provincial Urban Areas Populated Places Roads Dual-lane and Divided Secondary Unpaved Connector Railroads Airports Active Civil Active . Found inside â Page 17... in schools and its elements I through stories on earthquakes (e.g. the I include fire and earthquake drills, poster 2003 Boumerdes earthquake), ... Full Aftershock Sequence of the M w 6.9 2003 Boumerdes Earthquake, Algeria: Space-Time Distribution, Local Tomography and Seismotectonic Implications A Kherroubi, A Yelles-Chaouche, I Koulakov, J Déverchère, H Beldjoudi, . Mustapha Hellel, Jean-Luc Chatelain, Bertrand Guillier, Djamel Machane, Rabah Ben Salem, El Hadi Oubaiche, Hamid Haddoum; Heavier Damages without Site Effects and Site Effects with Lighter Damages: Boumerdes City (Algeria) after the May 2003 Earthquake. The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in Boumerdès Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Algiers. Disasters caused by earthquakes (e.g. Media in category "Earthquakes of 2003" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Site response characteristics at seismic stations were investigated using horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratios calculated from a seismic-motion dataset of the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake, and. Found inside â Page 5064.1 Boumerdes Earthquake The first disaster image was acquired on May 24th, 2003, three day after the devastating earthquake of Boumerdes (magnitude 6.8° ... On 21 May 2003, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake located near Boumerdès (central Algerian coast) triggered large turbidity currents responsible for 29 submarine cable breaks at the foot of the . Geodetic data are used to determine the absolute position of the fault. 2. This is among the strongest seismic events of the mediterranean region and the most important event in the capital Algiers since 1716. The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shook northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). scale to a major recent Algerian earthquake. The Boumerdes earthquake occurred on a fault whose precise location, offshore the Algerian coast, was unknown. Found inside â Page 2February 1998 Northern Afghanistan Earthquake Mw 5.9 (2,300) 2001 El Salvador ... Sakhalin Earthquake, Russia Mw 7.1 (1,800) 2003 Boumerdes Earthquake, ... Slip occurred in almost pure reverse faulting. Found inside â Page 3Application to August 17, 1999 Marmara, Turkey Earthquake ... ( 2002 ) - Landsat 2003 Boumerdes earthquake ( Algeria ) ⢠Adams et al . 1. Introduction. Found inside â Page 549(2003) calculated a regional expectable PGA of 0.15g for a return period of 475 ... from strong motion recordings of the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake that site ... Harbi et al . The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in Boumerdès Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Algiers. • the magnitude of the earthquake was calculated at ms = 6.6 (mw 6.8). CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE 2.1 The Seismic Event As reported previously, it is therefore on May 21, 2003 at 18H44 G.M.T that a Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the central region of Algeria, mainly the two wilayas (provinces) of Algiers and Boumerdes (Fig. M'khakhcha in the region of Boumerdes is located in Algeria - some 38 mi or ( 61 km ) East of Algiers , the country's capital city . The seismic responses of the buildings are analysed in both longitudinal and transverse The ESI-2007 scale is an ef-fective tool to assess the seismic hazard and has been applied to onshore earthquakes. Boumerdes: Inoperative telephone networks after the earthquake - TSF is part of the ESCRIM (Rapid Civil Security Emergency Medical Response) mechanism and offers emergency calls to the affected populations. 2008. Field observations show 0.7 m of coseismic uplift of shoreline between Boudouaou and Dellys. 1). Seafloor bathymetry and backscatter imagery show the potential imprints of the 2003 event and of previous . The 2003 Boumerdes earthquake was located along the northern margin of the Tellian Atlas, along the offshore part of the eastern continuation of the Mitidja basin (Fig. Tsunami resonance in the palma de Majorca bay and harbour induced by the 2003 Boumerdes-Zemmouri Algerian earthquake (Western Mediterranean) February 2011 Coastal Engineering Proceedings 5.0 earthquake - Western Mediterranean, 12 km northwest of Île Agueli Island, Boumerdes, Algeria, on Wednesday, 28 May 2003 at 06:58 (GMT) Found inside â Page 36Keeping schools safe in earthquakes Abstract: This paper describes the nature and cost of damage to school facilities in the 21 May 2003 Boumerdes ... • wednesday 21 may 2003, at 18 hours 44 minutes utc (19h 44 local time), a destructive earthquake occurred in the provinces (wilaya) of algiers and boumerdes affecting a rather densely populated region of about 3,000,000 people within 1,000 km2. The local timezone is named " Africa/Algiers " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Focal mechanisms are shown in black for other Mw > 6.0 earthquakes (Harvard CMT database). We used regional broadband seismograms to determine seismic moment tensors for the destructive May 21, 2003 Boumerdes (Algeria) Mw = 7.0 earthquake and its larger aftershocks. 1. Bridges are constructed similarly to those in the US, with precast steel girders supporting a concrete deck. Bam Earthquake, 2003. Earthquake Aftermath In Boumerdes On May 23, 2003 In Boumerdes, Algeria. The Boumerdes earthquake occurred on a fault which precise location, offshore the algerian coast, was unknown. Thénia was very near to the offshore epicenter of the May 21, 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, the strongest quake to hit Algeria since 1980. Using QuickBird satellite images of Boumerdes city obtained following the 21 May 2003 Algeria earthquake, our study examined the applicability of high-resolution optical imagery for the visual detection of building damage grade based on the ground-truth data on the urban nature, typology of a total of 2,794 buildings, and the real damage observed. On May 21, 2003 at 19:44:19 local time the Boumerdes earthquake struck the Zemmouri region in northern Algeria. Published on May 22, 2003 02:00 AM - Updated on Jul 09, 2019 04:56 PM. Found insideLe barrage de Taksebt en Algérie a subi le séisme de Boumerdès sans paraître en être le ... The Boumerdes ( Algeria ) earthquake of May 21 , 2003 ( Mw = 6.8 ) ... 1. This is an area characterized by a crystalline basement complex of gneiss, basalt, schist, and some granite, and un-metamorphosed to slightly metamorphosed Paleozoic It is situated in a seismically active region; there are eventually/in average five of moderately severe earthquake every year. This zone of compression manifests itself by several thrust and faults. Found inside â Page 179Earthquakes The earthquake catalogue for the Wilaya of Algiers goes back to ... The Boumerdes earthquake shocked the Algerian people by the extent of its ... Besides casualties, the earthquake produced important damage onshore (col-lapse of many buildings; see e.g. Northern Algeria is situated at the boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate, thus creating a zone of compression. Seven different rupture models proposed in literature to represent high frequency . Interactive map of Rouria. Found inside â Page 227... damaged by the May 21, 2003 Boumerdes earthquake (Algeria) has been evaluated before the event, in its damaged state, and after retrofitting, ... The most severe earthquake occurred in recent twenty years was the Boumerdes earthquake of May 21st, 2003 (M=6.8). Found inside â Page 164... the damage distribution in Boumerdès after the 2003 Algeria earthquak. ... on the damaged buildings following the Boumerdes earthquake of May 21, 2003, ... Disaster Natural Earthquake Boumerdes 2003 April 12, 2016 Disaster Natural. The last strong earthquake that hit Algeria was the May 2003 Boumerdes Earthquake which recorded a magnitude of 6.8. Found inside â Page 205The sector offers little specialization, which has decreased its capacity to respond to the market needs, such as after the 2003 Boumerdes earthquake. 2009). Found inside â Page 1137Ground motion characteristics during Boumerdes main shock on May 21, 2003 at ... dam underwent an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on Richter scale originated in ... Country Algeria Location Thenia, Boumerdes, Zemmouri. At 18:44 UTC (19:44 local time) on May 21, 2003, a strong, shallow earthquake of Moment Magnitude (M) 6.8 shook northern Algeria and caused damage in five provinces in the north-central section of the country. After adding off-line data, we manually obtained 30 solutions (Mw ≥ 3.8 . EQ-2003-000074-DZA, No content reported. Injured 10,261
Total Damage and Losses (in USD) 5000 million
Introduction [2] The M w = 7.0 May 21, 2003 Boumerdes earthquake occurred about 50 km east of Algiers [Ayadi et al., 2003; Yelles-Chaouche et al., 2003].A maximum intensity X (EMS 98) was assigned to heavily damaged coastal areas from Boumerdes to Dellys where over 2000 people died due to building collapses.Along this 55 km long stretch, Meghraoui et al. The main shock was followed by many aftershocks among them several are of magnitude greater than 5.0, which added panic to inhabitants. Earthquake Boumerdes 2003. disaster natural definition : The definition of natural disasters is any catastrophic event that is caused by nature or the natural processes of the earth. The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake caused significant damage, notably to the Casbah and Nouvelle-Ville. Zemmouri is approximately 70 km east of the capital, Algiers. Main Source http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWFiles2006.nsf/FilesByRWDocUNIDFileName/KKEE-6RZRQX-ifrc-cdi-24jul.pdf/$File/ifrc-cdi-24jul.pdf
The main shock triggered ground deformation, particularly liquefaction whose features are in different forms and sizes and caused damage and collapse of roads. illustrate their negative impact on individuals and societies and how . By image sharpening, buildings, cars and even debris can clearly be identified . The most severe earthquake occurred in recent twenty years was the Boumerdes earthquake of May 21st, 2003 (M = 6.8). BY THE 2003 BOUMERDES-ZEMMOURI ALGERIAN EARTHQUAKE (WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN) J. Vela1, B. Pérez1, M. González2, L. Otero2, M. Olabarrieta2, M. Canals3 and J.L.Casamor3 During the tsunami of May 2003 in the Balearic Islands, generated by the Algerian earthquake, most of the damage Found inside â Page 34Except the Orléansville 1954, El Asnam 1980 and Boumerdes 2003 earthquakes which happened during the twenty-first century, the Algerian country has ... The 15 papers included in this volume . The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). On May 21, 2003 at 19:44:19 local time the Boumerdes earthquake struck the Zemmouri region in northern Algeria. The focal mechanism determined by worldwide institutions yield a pure reverse faulting with a compressional axis striking NE-SW. 2.1). Black circles show magnitude greater than 4.5 earthquakes (NEIC database). 2003 Boumerdès Earthquake relief by the Korean National 119 Rescue Headquarters (1 P, 22 F) Pages in category "2003 Boumerdès earthquake" This category contains only the following page.