Overall Orange Earthquake in Algeria on 18 Mar 2021 00:04 UTC

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M 6 in Algeria on 18 Mar 2021 00:04 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1261215
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.917 , 5.2064
Event Date:	18 Mar 2021 00:04 UTC 18 Mar 2021 01:04 Local
Exposed Population:	About 32000 people in MMI 220 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	18 Mar 2021 00:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.6 (Algeria)
Maximum Wave Height observed:	0.1 m

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.7		0.1		1.7
us7000dker	Scaled population (raster)	4.53	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.1m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

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Algeria - Earthquake update (ECHO 19 Mar 2021)Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:00

After the earthquake event of 6.0 M that occurred on 18 March off the northern coast of Bejaia Province (northern-central Algeria), at least six people have been injured and damage was reported to several buildings, according to media.
According to USGS, two more aftershocks of magnitude up to 4.4 M were reported in the area on the afternoon of 18 March and on early morning of 19 March.

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