M3.5 earthquake 8 km NNW of Bougaa, Algeria
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Bougaa, Algeria on Thu, Dec 28, 2000, 12:43 PM GMT+1 (11:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 northern Algeria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-28 11:43:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.402° N, 5.048° E
- Region
- Algeria
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.35 km SE of Bougaa, Algeria · 9382 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.9northern Algeria · 9379 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.57 km WNW of Bougaa, Algeria · 9373 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.05 km W of Râs el Aïoun, Algeria · 9370 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 2.66 km SE of Bougaa, Algeria · 9423 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.412 km SE of Seddouk, Algeria · 9423 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.97 km W of Feraoun, Algeria · 9426 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Barbacha, Algeria · 9431 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.514 km N of Salah Bey, Algeria · 9433 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.610 km SSW of Barbacha, Algeria · 9434 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.40 km E of Bougaa, Algeria · 9436 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a6uf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC.