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Earthquakes in Algeria
Every earthquake in and around Algeria since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year2M2.5+
Magnitude 6+9since 1900
StrongestM 7.31980 · 3 km NNE of Chlef, Algeria
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Algeria
- 7.3 3 km NNE of Chlef, Algeria Oct 10, 1980
- 6.8 25 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria May 21, 2003
- 6.7 northern Algeria Sep 9, 1954
- 6.5 1 km W of Sidi Aïssa, Algeria Jun 24, 1910
- 6.2 5 km W of El Attaf, Algeria Oct 10, 1980
- 6.2 5 km W of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria Sep 10, 1954
- 6.0 12 km SE of Abou el Hassan, Algeria Aug 25, 1922
- 6.0 21 km NNE of Bejaïa, Algeria Mar 18, 2021
- 6.0 22 km N of Tipasa, Algeria Oct 29, 1989
- 5.9 26 km ESE of M’Sila, Algeria Feb 12, 1946
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.6 29 km NW of Djelfa, Algeria Jun 28, 2026
- 4.7 6 km NNW of Draa Klalouche, Algeria Jun 3, 2026
- 4.5 22 km ESE of Tazoult-Lambese, Algeria Oct 19, 2025
- 4.3 45 km WNW of Tamaghzah, Tunisia Sep 18, 2025
- 4.2 33 km WNW of Tamaghzah, Tunisia Aug 30, 2025
- 4.8 19 km SW of Lakhdaria, Algeria Mar 18, 2025
- 5.0 17 km ENE of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria Dec 16, 2024
- 4.5 27 km NE of Arhribs, Algeria Oct 10, 2024
- 4.3 51 km SSE of M’sila, Algeria Apr 20, 2024
- 4.6 23 km N of Mascara, Algeria Feb 14, 2024
- 3.8 6 km WSW of el hed, Algeria Jun 19, 2023
- 4.0 northern Algeria Dec 7, 2022
- 4.2 27 km W of Guelma, Algeria Nov 20, 2022
- 4.1 24 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria Nov 20, 2022
- 4.8 24 km NE of Berrouaghia, Algeria Nov 12, 2022