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Chinese Government donates 10,000 radios to support Boumerdès earthquake relief efforts

Commitment Year•2003Country of Activity•AlgeriaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AlgeriaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 22, 2003
Start (actual)
Sep 22, 2003
End (actual)
Sep 22, 2003

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This project was designed to support earthquake response activities in Boumerdès Province. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1283608#map=11/36.7361/3.6312

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Algeria

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Algeria

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Chinese Government donates 10,000 radios to support Boumerdès earthquake relief efforts

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On September 22, 2003, the Chinese Government donated 10,000 radios to the Government of Algeria to support earthquake relief efforts. The radios came in the wake of the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, which occurred on May 21 at 19:44:21 local time in northern Algeria. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in Boumerdès Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Algiers. The quake was the strongest to hit Algeria in more than twenty years – since 1980, when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake resulted in at least 2,633 deaths. Approximately 2,266 people were killed, 10,261 injured, and 200,000 left homeless as a result of the earthquake. Reports indicate more than 1,243 buildings were completely or partially destroyed. Infrastructure was predictably damaged in Algiers, Boumerdès, Réghaïa and Thénia; roads in Algeria are generally of high quality, but many city streets and local roads were difficult to traverse because of debris from collapsed buildings. Overall, the Boumerdès Province was the hardest-hit region. In the Boumerdès Province, several cities were heavily damaged, with Thénia, Zemmouri, and Boumerdès, being the worst affected.