Algeria earthquakes

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.

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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.

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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
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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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.

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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.