Disasters with highest death tolls - 1980 El Asnam Earthquake
Time: Friday Oct 10, 1980 at 01:25:00 PM
Place: Algeria
Details: The 1980 El Asnam earthquake occurred on October 10 at 13:25:25 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock occurred in the Algerian town of El Asnam (now known as Chlef). l was damaged significantly enough that victims had to be transported more than 160 km (100 mi) away to the next nearest hospital. Both events caused considerable damage with at least 2,633 killed and 8,369 injured.
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