Cap Djinet

Cap Djinet is a cape at the Mediterranean Sea near the town of Djinet, 50 kilometers east of Algiers, near Dellys, in the Boumerdès Province of Algeria.

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 near Boumerdes and a minimum close to 0 near Cap Djinet.[1]

On June 4, 2008, 6 soldiers were killed and 4 wounded at Cap Djinet during an attack attributed to islamic militants. The troops were returning to their barracks when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.[2]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bomb attacks kill 12 in Algeria, say officials, Times of India, June 9, 2008, internet posting.