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A fact from 2003 Boumerdès earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 May 2008, and was viewed approximately 403 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 2003 earthquake that killed more than 2,200 was the strongest to hit Algeria since 1980?

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More specific name[edit]

2003 Boumerdès earthquake? Any thoughts on moving? --TheFEARgod (Ч) 11:56, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

examples of names: List of earthquakes in Chile --TheFEARgod (Ч) 12:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem with the title 2003 Boumerdès earthquake. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 17:19, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Location incorrect in Google Earth[edit]

Please note that location of the earthquake appears in Afghanistan in Google Earth, so the location data needs to be checked —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.253.66 (talk) 08:37, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is now fixed in the article, however it may take some time to update in Google Earth. RapidR (talk) 13:55, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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