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Earthquake Resources for Africa

Earthquakes in Your Region

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Quake-related information—maps, reports, advice—for African countries.

Africa: Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Algeria: Algerian Earthquakes—Until the Algerian government gets its act together, use this page from the US Geological Survey.

Maghreb East (Tunisia/Libya/Egypt): Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

Maghreb West (Morocco/Algeria/Tunisia): Seismic Hazard Map—From the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program.

South Africa: Recent Earthquakes in Southern Africa—This seismically quiet region gets a lot of mining-related events, and the South African Council for Geoscience keeps track of them too.

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