M3.5 earthquake 18 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 18 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria on Sat, Dec 13, 2003, 8:03 AM GMT+1 (07:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 10 km NNW of Boumerdas, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-13 07:03:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.975° N, 3.720° 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 usp000cf58. 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
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 65
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.316 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8330 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.510 km NNW of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8302 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.28 km SW of Dellys, Algeria · 8292 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.310 km E of Dellys, Algeria · 8280 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.93 km S of Draa el Mizan, Algeria · 8280 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.515 km NNE of Thenia, Algeria · 8279 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cf58. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.