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AT approximately 2.46 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12, an earthquake of considerable intensity affected districts in Northern Algeria, south-west of Constantine. As a result of the shock, considerable damage was done, roads were blocked and communications cut, and it is reported that 276 people were killed and 70 seriously injured. An earthquake occurred in Algeria near Mostaganem on April 1, 1939, and was reported in Nature of July 15, 1939. Previous earthquakes were reported in Nature of June 3, 1933.
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Earthquake in Algeria. Nature 157, 224 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157224b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157224b0