- Cap Djinet
Cap Djinet is a town fifty kilometers east of
Algiers , nearDellys , in theBoumerdes region ofAlgeria .A
moment magnitude scale (Mw 6.8) earthquake in northern Algeria on May 21,2003 produced a shoreline uplift characterized by a continuous white band visible at rocky headlands. The uplift distribution indicated an average of .55 meters along the shoreline with a maximum of .75 m nearBoumerdes and a minimum close to 0 near Cap Djinet. ["Coastal uplift and thrust faulting associated with the Mw=6.8 Zemmouri Algeria earthquake of 21 May 2003",Geophysical Research Letters , Volume 31, L19605,2004 , abstract.]On June 4,
2008 six soldiers were killed and four wounded in Cap Djinet during an attack attributed toIslamic militants. The troops were returning to their barracks when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. ["Bomb attacks kill 12 in Algeria, say officials",Times of India ,June 9,2008 , internet posting.]References
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