Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Algeria, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
108
M5+
Strongest
M7.8
M7+ events
2
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954-03-29 | 7.8 | Strait of Gibraltar | 626 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-10-10 | 7.3 | 3 km NNE of Chlef, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-09-08 | 6.8 | Al Haouz, Morocco | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-05-21 | 6.8 | 25 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-09-09 | 6.7 | northern Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-03-15 | 6.6 | 91 km SSE of Olhão, Portugal | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1910-06-24 | 6.5 | 1 km W of Sidi Aïssa, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-02-24 | 6.4 | 11 km SSW of Tirhanimîne, Morocco | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-01-25 | 6.3 | 49 km NNE of Al Hoceïma, Morocco | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-04-11 | 6.3 | 1 km S of Nigüelas, Spain | 610 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-10-10 | 6.2 | 5 km W of El Attaf, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-09-10 | 6.2 | 5 km W of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-08-25 | 6.0 | 12 km SE of Abou el Hassan, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-03-18 | 6.0 | 21 km NNE of Bejaïa, Algeria | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-05-26 | 6.0 | 15 km WNW of Tirhanimîne, Morocco | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-10-29 | 6.0 | 22 km N of Tipasa, Algeria | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-02-12 | 5.9 | 26 km ESE of M’Sila, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1910-06-16 | 5.8 | 36 km ENE of Ceuta, Spain | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-10-11 | 5.8 | 33 km NNW of Al Hoceïma, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-08-24 | 5.8 | 29 km NW of El Bayadh, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-05-27 | 5.8 | northern Algeria | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-10-27 | 5.8 | 11 km E of Didouche Mourad, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-03-16 | 5.8 | 14 km SSW of Tazoult-Lambese, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-07-09 | 5.8 | 15 km WNW of Taounate, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-09-04 | 5.7 | 9 km N of Salah Bey, Algeria | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-12-07 | 5.7 | 8 km SSE of Oued Sly, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-11-10 | 5.7 | 5 km S of el hed, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-02-01 | 5.7 | 19 km N of El Abadia, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-04-16 | 5.7 | 6 km E of Mansourah, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-01-01 | 5.6 | 13 km W of M’sila, Algeria | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-08-04 | 5.6 | 11 km W of Cheria, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-08-06 | 5.6 | 21 km E of Didouche Mourad, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-02-10 | 5.6 | 8 km ESE of Boumahra Ahmed, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-05-11 | 5.6 | 14 km SSE of Roquetas de Mar, Spain | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-12-22 | 5.6 | 9 km ENE of Beni Saf, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-10-30 | 5.6 | 10 km W of Reçani, Morocco | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-10-29 | 5.6 | 17 km N of Tipasa, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-10-31 | 5.6 | 2 km SE of Chiffa, Algeria | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-06-05 | 5.6 | 12 km NNE of Chlef, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-03-05 | 5.6 | 6 km WSW of Tabernas, Spain | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-09-08 | 5.5 | 21 km NNE of Taza, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-08-23 | 5.5 | 39 km NW of Melilla, Spain | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-02-20 | 5.5 | Tunisia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-05-20 | 5.5 | Strait of Gibraltar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-09-04 | 5.5 | 20 km NNW of ’Aïn Benian, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-06-06 | 5.5 | 17 km NNE of Mers el Kebir, Algeria | 4 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-08-01 | 5.5 | 11 km NW of Aïn Taya, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-09-10 | 5.5 | 7 km WNW of San Miguel de Salinas, Spain | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-02-25 | 5.5 | 11 km W of Jilma, Tunisia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-09-07 | 5.5 | 20 km S of El Attaf, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-03-13 | 5.4 | 10 km SE of Naama, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-08-24 | 5.4 | 4 km SSW of Archidona, Spain | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-10-30 | 5.4 | 16 km SE of Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-09-22 | 5.4 | 14 km SE of Tébessa, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-05-23 | 5.4 | 39 km NW of Saidia, Morocco | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-05-28 | 5.4 | 16 km SSW of Lakhdaria, Algeria | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-12-03 | 5.4 | 18 km SSW of Nefta, Tunisia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-04-20 | 5.4 | 31 km S of Aflou, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-08-09 | 5.4 | 14 km W of Meknès, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-09-09 | 5.4 | 5 km SSE of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1960-02-21 | 5.3 | 5 km SSE of Melouza, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-04-17 | 5.3 | 11 km ENE of Al Hoceïma, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-10-15 | 5.3 | 6 km SW of Tirhanimîne, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-05-19 | 5.3 | 4 km N of Castillo de Locubín, Spain | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-08-28 | 5.3 | 44 km NE of Al Hoceïma, Morocco | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-10-10 | 5.3 | 12 km NW of El Abadia, Algeria | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-11-24 | 5.3 | 3 km NNW of Mansourah, Algeria | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-05-14 | 5.3 | 10 km SW of Melouza, Algeria | 2 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-02-25 | 5.3 | 15 km WNW of Tirhanimîne, Morocco | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-08-16 | 5.3 | 41 km SSW of Carvoeiro, Portugal | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-11-05 | 5.3 | 19 km N of ’Aïn Benian, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-04-07 | 5.2 | 21 km S of Bni Bouayach, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-07-13 | 5.2 | 12 km ESE of Sig, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-04-01 | 5.2 | 9 km NNW of ’Aïn Abid, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-08-14 | 5.2 | 2 km W of Las Gabias, Spain | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-07-14 | 5.2 | 23 km E of San Jos?, Spain | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-03-20 | 5.2 | 7 km ESE of Degache, Tunisia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-09-17 | 5.2 | 6 km W of Tabursuq, Tunisia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-06-12 | 5.2 | 19 km SSW of Metlaoui, Tunisia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-02-09 | 5.2 | 20 km N of Tipasa, Algeria | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-03-20 | 5.2 | 23 km NW of BABOR - VILLE, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-05-29 | 5.2 | 7 km ENE of Aïn Taya, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-12-10 | 5.2 | 98 km SSE of Olhão, Portugal | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-08-18 | 5.2 | 13 km SE of Bordj Zemoura, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-01-28 | 5.2 | 57 km NNE of Tinghir, Morocco | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-06-09 | 5.2 | 3 km WSW of Orce, Spain | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-05-17 | 5.2 | 38 km ESE of N?l?t, Libya | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-06-10 | 5.1 | 16 km W of Aïn Oussera, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-05-19 | 5.1 | 9 km N of Bir el Hafey, Tunisia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-01-19 | 5.1 | 13 km NNW of Wadi Maliz, Tunisia | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-02-07 | 5.1 | 26 km SSE of Douane, Tunisia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-01-09 | 5.1 | 53 km ENE of Mahdia, Tunisia | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-05-21 | 5.1 | 23 km SSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-02-22 | 5.1 | 66 km NE of Al Hoceïma, Morocco | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-05-11 | 5.1 | 4 km NE of Lorca, Spain | 1 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-12-26 | 5.1 | 2 km SSW of Bougara, Algeria | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-11-22 | 5.1 | 24 km WSW of Azzaba, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-07-02 | 5.1 | 27 km W of Fès, Morocco | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-12-16 | 5.0 | 17 km ENE of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-04-04 | 5.0 | 7 km ESE of Chebika, Tunisia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |