 "Strasbourg" participated in the Rif War in the mid 1920s; on 7 September 1925, she and the battleship "Paris" and the cruiser "Metz" supported a landing of French troops in North Africa.The three ships provided heavy gunfire support to the landing troops.In early 1928, a major earthquake struck Corinth, Greece; "Strassbourg" was among the vessels sent to aid in the relief effort.