Macroseismic study of the Zemmouri earthquake of 21 May 2003 (Mw 6.8, Algeria)

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-332

  Harbi, A ^a,b   Maouche, S ^a   Ousadou, F ^a   Rouchiche, Y ^a   Yelles Chaouche, A ^a   Merahi, M ^a   Heddar, A ^a   Nouar, O ^a   Kherroubi, A ^a   Beldjoudi, H ^a   Ayadi, A ^a,b   Benouar, D ^c  

^a Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ALGERIAN BUILDINGS; EL ASNAM EARTHQUAKE; ISOSEISMAL MAP; MACROSEISMIC SURVEY; ZEMMOURI EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; INJURY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGERIA; BOUMERDES; ZEMMOURI;

EID: 34250706760     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2720363     Document Type: Article

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