Hammam Melouane Earthquake caused by the explosion of an aqueous cavity due to pressure and temperature

Five earthquakes were recorded until 2:30 pm on Wednesday, they was less severe than the first which reached 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale, and touched Hammam Melouane region in Blida, western Algiers, Abdelkrim Yelles, Director of the Center for Research in Seismology, Astronomy and Geophysics,

“Wednesday’s Earthquake is a natural result of the earth movement in North Africa, which he said it noticed an activity resulting in a convergence of continents. Citizens felt strongly the tremor since it struck in the night, as it was a moderate and more powerful than those usual. No other strong earthquakes will appear in the near future. Citizens need to respect appropriate and global standards for their buildings, through the adoption of anti-seismic buildings to avoid recording significant losses, especially since Algiers is a seismic zone  that can recorded tremors along the lines of “Hamam Melouane earthquake”.

For his part, a researcher at the Centre for Researches in Seismology, Mohammed Hamadeche, told Echorouk on Wednesday that the quake, which struck on 4:10 am on Wednesday, in the North-west of Hamam Melouane in Blida, western Algiers, reached 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale,followed by aftershocks within 7:10 am reaching 3.3 degrees South-west of the city of Hammam Melouane, then shake again within 7:55 am, severely reaching 2.4 degrees, then the other within 9:43 am, reaching 2.5 degrees on the Richter scale Eastern Hammam Melouane, the researcher predicted aftershocks that would be less severe than the main Earthquake.