Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Northern Algeria - USGS

  29 May 2016    Read: 1954
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Northern Algeria - USGS
A preliminary magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck northern Algeria on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The epicenter was located 19 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of the city of Lakhdaria, and 56 kilometers southeast of the Algerian capital, Algiers, the USGS said. The center lies at a depth of 7.5 miles.

No information on either people`s injuries or damage was immediately available. No tsunami threat was reported.

The Mediterranean region, to which Algeria belongs, has been seismically active for decades, with a number of earthquakes having resulted in tsunamis.

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