M6.0 earthquake 22 km N of Tipasa, Algeria
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 22 km N of Tipasa, Algeria on Sun, Oct 29, 1989, 8:09 PM GMT+1 (19:09 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-10-29 19:09:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.788° N, 2.448° E
- Region
- Algeria
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5216), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 30
- Injuries
- 245
- Damage
- $5 million
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 22.3% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.617 km N of Tipasa, Algeria · 13484 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.17 km ENE of Hadjout, Algeria · 13484 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.826 km N of Tipasa, Algeria · 13484 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.96 km N of Tipasa, Algeria · 13483 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.69 km NNW of El Affroun, Algeria · 13482 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.16 km ENE of Hadjout, Algeria · 13482 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.516 km NNW of Tipasa, Algeria · 13478 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.617 km NNW of Tipasa, Algeria · 13478 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.410 km ESE of Tipasa, Algeria · 13460 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00041ej (also filed as choy19891029190912, gcmtb102989e, gcmt19891029190913, atlas19891029190914, iscgem391121). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.