{"id":24187,"date":"2025-11-20T19:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=24187"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:11:29","slug":"earthquake-shakes-batna-province-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=24187","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake Shakes Batna Province, Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Batna, Algeria<\/strong> \u2013 An earthquake struck Batna province this morning, according to the Research Center in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG). The seismic event occurred at 08:26 local time.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake registered a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was located approximately 9 kilometers northwest of Ouled Salam, a municipality within Batna province.<\/p>\n<p>While a magnitude of 3.5 is generally considered a minor earthquake, residents in the affected area may have felt tremors. There have been no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries resulting from the quake.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria is situated in a seismically active region, and minor earthquakes are relatively common. CRAAG routinely monitors seismic activity throughout the country and provides updates to the public.<\/p>\n<p>This event serves as a reminder of the importance of earthquake preparedness. Residents are encouraged to familiarize themselves with safety guidelines and emergency procedures in the event of a more significant seismic event. Further information on earthquake preparedness can be found on the website of the Civil Protection services.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they become available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=183\">More Science articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batna, Algeria \u2013 An earthquake struck Batna province this morning, according to the Research Center in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG). The seismic event occurred at 08:26 local time.<br \/>\nThe earthquake registered a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale. Its epi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24189,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24187\/revisions\/24189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}