1716 Algiers earthquake

Earthquake in Algeria 1716 Algiers earthquake yes 3 February–May 1716 w 7.0 36.7 N 3.1 E inline,title Algeria IX – 10 20,000 dead The 1716 Algiers earthquake was part of a seismic sequence which began in February and ended in May 1716. The largest and most destructive shock occurred on February 3 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.0. The earthquakes with an epicenter thought to be in the Algiers region had a maximum European macroseismic scale (EMS-98) intensity of IX (Destructive), killing approximately 20,000 people.Significant Earthquake Information https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1203 ngdc.noaa.gov NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 13 October 2021 The earthquake was felt in Catania and Syracuse on the Italian island Sicily. Tectonic setting The nation of Algeria lie near a complex and poorly defined convergent plate boundary separating the African plate from the Eurasian plate.A. Leprêtre F. Klingelhoefer D. Graindorge P. Schnurle M. O. Beslier K. Yelles J. Déverchère R. Bracene Multiphased tectonic evolution of the Central Algerian margin from combined wide-angle and reflection seismic data off Tipaza, Algeria Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 2013 118 8 3899–3916 10.1002/jgrb.50318 2013JGRB..118.3899L free The converging plates create a zone of compression in northern Algeria, which are accommodated by mainly thrust and reverse faults onshore and inland. Thrusting of strata due to compression formed the Atlas Mountains in Algeria and Morocco. The tectonic situation of Algeria also makes the country vulnerable to large and deadly seismic events with magnitudes greater than 6.0. The offshore thrust faults also pose a tsunami threat to the Algerian coast during large earthquakes.Abdelkarim Yelles-Chaouche Abdelaziz Kherroubi Hamoud Beldjoudi The large Algerian earthquakes (267 A.D.-2017) Física de la tierra 2017 29 10.5209/FITE.57617 Universidad Complutense de Madrid 1988-2440 free Earthquake A north-west dipping thrust fault known as the Sahel Fault which runs along the north coast of Algeria is thought to be the source of the quake. Paleoseismology studies along the approximately 60-km-long fault revealed evidence of a major earthquake(s) occurring at the same period as the destructive quake. Surface ruptures uncovered by trenching, and radiocarbon dating of charcoal led to the identification of two historical earthquakes before 1211 A.D., three between 778 A.D. and 1779 A.D., and three after 1727 A.D.. The 1716 earthquake, along with another event in 1365 fell within the range of paleoearthquakes and may correspond with activity on the Sahel Fault.A. Heddar C. Authemayou H. Djellit A.K. Yelles J. Déverchère S. Gharbi A. Boudiaf B. Van Vliet Lanoe Preliminary results of a paleoseismological analysis along the Sahel fault (Algeria): New evidence for historical seismic events Quaternary International 2013 302 210–223 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.007 2013QuInt.302..210H https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618212031801 subscription In an earthquake catalog by Hamdache and other researchers, the moment magnitude was placed at 7.0 w with an epicenter location at 36.7 N 3.1 E.M. Hamdache José A. Peláez A. Talbi C. López Casado A Unified Catalog of Main Earthquakes for Northern Algeria from A.D. 856 to 2008 Seismological Research Letters 2010 81 5 732–739 10.1785/gssrl.81.5.732 2010SeiRL..81..732H https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/81/5/732/143728/A-Unified-Catalog-of-Main-Earthquakes-for-Northern?redirectedFrom=fulltext subscription Impact The first shock occurred on the morning of 3 February at 9:45 a.m. local time. It collapsed many poorly constructed homes in Algiers. Well-constructed buildings including a mosque suffered extensive cracks throughout. Detailed documentation of damage to 204 homes and four mosques or palaces. Algiers was mostly destroyed after the earthquake. At the Dar Aziza, the upper floors experienced a collapse and walls cracked. Many homes up to 3 km away from Algiers were also damaged. The city was once again rocked by a second violent shock assigned IX (Destructive). The aftershock caused more damage and collapsed structures that were intact after the February 3 quake.Amina Abdessemed-Foufa Djillali Benouar Investigation of the 1716 Algiers (Algeria) earthquake from historical sources International Journal of Architectural Heritage 2008 4 3 270–293 10.1080/15583050903161352 110917875 http://www.hms.civil.uminho.pt/sahc/2008/CH020.pdf 2021-10-13 2022-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20220203014456/http://www.hms.civil.uminho.pt/sahc/2008/CH020.pdf dead See also List of historical earthquakes List of earthquakes in Algeria References Category:1716 disasters Category:18th century in Algiers Category:Earthquakes in Algeria Category:1710s earthquakes Category:1716 in Africa Category:1716 in the Ottoman Empire Category:18th-century disasters in the Ottoman Empire Category:1710s disestablishments in Africa