Local residents talk in front of a house collapsed in the earthquake shaking the locality of Hammam Melouene, in the province of Blida, 45 km south of Algiers, in Algeria, on July 17, 2013. An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday hit Algeria's northern province of Blida, some 45 km south of capital Algiers, injuring 11 people, official APS news agency reported. (Xinhua/Mohamed Kadri)

A boy stands in front of some house debris dropped in the earthquake shaking the locality of Hammam Melouene, in the province of Blida, 45 km south of Algiers, in Algeria, on July 17, 2013. An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday hit Algeria's northern province of Blida, some 45 km south of capital Algiers, injuring 11 people, official APS news agency reported. (Xinhua/Mohamed Kadri)

Two women sit in the ruins of their house collapsed in the earthquake shaking the locality of Hammam Melouene, in the province of Blida, 45 km south of Algiers, in Algeria, on July 17, 2013. An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday hit Algeria's northern province of Blida, some 45 km south of capital Algiers, injuring 11 people, official APS news agency reported. (Xinhua/Mohamed Kadri) Related:5.1-magnitude quake shakes northern Algeria, 11 injuredALGIERS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday hit Algeria's northern province of Blida, some 45 km south of capital Algiers, injuring 11 people, official APS news agency reported.Full Story

Local residents talk in front of a house collapsed in the earthquake shaking the locality of Hammam Melouene, in the province of Blida, 45 km south of Algiers, in Algeria, on July 17, 2013. An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday hit Algeria's northern province of Blida, some 45 km south of capital Algiers, injuring 11 people, official APS news agency reported. (Xinhua/Mohamed Kadri)

A man goes by a house damaged in the earthquake shaking the locality of Hammam Melouene, in the province of Blida, 45 km south of Algiers, in Algeria, on July 17, 2013. An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday hit Algeria's northern province of Blida, some 45 km south of capital Algiers, injuring 11 people, official APS news agency reported. (Xinhua/Mohamed Kadri)