Mw 5.6 earthquake, Northern Algeria on June 06th, 2008 at 20:02 UTC

An event of magnitude Mw 5.6 occurred on 06/06/2008 at 20:02:57.0 UTC in Northern Algeria.

Distances to cities:
21 km NW Wahran (pop 645,984 ; local time 21:02 2008-06-06)
16 km N Mars-al-kabir (pop 20,178 ; local time 21:02 2008-06-06)




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Figure 1: Intensity map created with the results of the macroseismic questionnaires





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Main shock Epicenter location (click to enlarge)	Moment tensors solutions (click to enlarge)
More information on the main shock





Aftershocks distribution

Figure 2: Aftershocks distribution





Links:

• Centre de Recherche en Astronomia, Astrophysique et Geologie (CRAAG), Algiers, Algeria

Figure 3: Aftershocks distribution since main shock occurrence until 06/06/2008 20:02 UTC. The orange circle represents the main shock.