ALGERIA: Residents of Beni Yellman lose their homes in earthquake

Record ID: 573842

  • Title: ALGERIA: Residents of Beni Yellman lose their homes in earthquake
  • Date: 16th May 2010
  • Summary: BENI YELLMAN, ALGERIA (MAY 15, 2010) (REUTERS) WOMAN SITTING OUTSIDE HOUSE DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE MAN INSIDE DAMAGED HOUSE, LARGE CRACKS IN THE WALLS VIEW OUT THROUGH LARGE HOLE IN A WALL MORE OF EXTERIOR OF DAMAGED HOUSE VARIOUS OF COLLAPSED BUILDINGS TWO MEN RESTING ON THE GROUND NEAR THE RUBBLE ANOTHER MAN SITTING NEXT TO RUBBLE VARIOUS OF CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS UNLOADING TENT FROM BACK OF TRUCK VARIOUS OF INHABITANTS OF DESTROYED HOUSES SITTING OUT IN THE OPEN
  • Embargoed: 31st May 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Algeria
  • Country: Algeria
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA1WEBFJL6TTRWGV0CNZNH0L4H6
  • Story Text: Two people were killed and 43 hurt on Friday (May 14) when an earthquake struck a region of Algeria about 200 km (125 miles) south of the capital, Algerian state television reported.
    It said the earthquake was of magnitude 5.2 and its epicentre was near a village in the M'sila region.
    Some houses in the village collapsed completely. Other buildings were still standing on Saturday (May 15), but residents were scared to go back inside and preferred to sit in the open or move into tents supplied by the military.
    Emergency services were at the scene and treating the injured in hospital tents.
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