Algerian quake claims 500 lives

More than 500 people have died and around 4,600 were injured in the massive Algerian earthquake that shook the area near the capital.

More than 500 people have died and around 4,600 were injured in the massive Algerian earthquake that shook the area near the capital.

Rescuers feared families were buried in the rubble as blocks of flats collapsed, trees crushed cars and weeping survivors walked amid debris.

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