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Peléez Montilla, J.A., Hamdache, M. Comment on the paper “Earthquake Hazard Assessment in the Oran Region (Northwest Algeria)” by Youcef Bouhadad and Nasser Laouami. Natural Hazards 32, 155–159 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000026798.24327.4f
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