Algeria earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 3 km ENE of Dellys, Algeria

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Dellys, Algeria on Fri, May 30, 2003, 10:35 PM GMT+1 (21:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 42 km NNW of Dellys, Algeria. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-30 21:35:53 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.930° N, 3.950° E
Region
Algeria
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000byka. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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
Station coverage gap
224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.611 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 3.72 km SSW of Makouda, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 3.05 km N of Chabet el Ameur, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.211 km NE of Thenia, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.112 km NNW of Timizart, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.52 km S of Freha, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.15 km NE of Boudjima, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.010 km NE of Dellys, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.012 km NNE of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 3.23 km NE of Makouda, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 3.21 km SW of Chabet el Ameur, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.34 km WNW of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.18 km NNW of Makouda, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.919 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.823 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.35 km NE of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.74 km WNW of Tizi Gheniff, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.023 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.769 km NNE of ’Aïn Benian, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.32 km E of Draa Ben Khedda, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 3.13 km NNW of Naciria, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 3.65 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 3.06 km S of Naciria, Algeria · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 3.04 km NNW of Makouda, Algeria · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 4.18 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.96 km NNE of Tadmaït, Algeria · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 3.43 km SW of Draa Ben Khedda, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.026 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 3.410 km NNW of Boudjima, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 3.710 km WNW of Lakhdaria, Algeria · 8520 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.93 km NE of Boudjima, Algeria · 8520 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 2.127 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8520 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.97 km W of Beni Amrane, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 3.514 km W of Dellys, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 3.013 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 3.610 km N of Dellys, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 3.114 km W of Dellys, Algeria · 8518 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 2.99 km E of Dellys, Algeria · 8518 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 2.318 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8518 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 2.117 km NNE of Dellys, Algeria · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 1.76 km S of Dellys, Algeria · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 3.34 km WNW of Timizart, Algeria · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 3.110 km N of Chabet el Ameur, Algeria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.89 km NE of Thenia, Algeria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 3.22 km NNW of Draa Ben Khedda, Algeria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 3.45 km N of Naciria, Algeria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 2.811 km NW of Naciria, Algeria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 3.14 km NNW of Timizart, Algeria · 8515 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.923 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8515 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.844 km NNE of ’Aïn Benian, Algeria · 8515 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.713 km N of Dellys, Algeria · 8515 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 3.02 km W of Makouda, Algeria · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 3.614 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8513 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.352 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8513 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.242 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8512 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.120 km NNE of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8510 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 1.927 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8510 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 1.748 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8510 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 2.02 km NE of Boudouaou, Algeria · 8510 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.335 km N of Dellys, Algeria · 8509 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 3.413 km NNW of Naciria, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.117 km NNE of Thenia, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.35 km ENE of Thenia, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.913 km W of Dellys, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.027 km NNE of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 3.111 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 3.16 km NE of Beni Amrane, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.72 km SSW of Dellys, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.612 km NE of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 3.410 km NE of Thenia, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 3.422 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.114 km NNW of Naciria, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.913 km NNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.96 km SW of Dellys, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.38 km NNW of Bordj el Kiffan, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.813 km NE of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.812 km NNE of Boudjima, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.922 km NE of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 3.69 km S of Naciria, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 3.13 km NW of Naciria, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000byka. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC.