Algeria earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 11 km NE of Thenia, Algeria

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Thenia, Algeria on Sat, May 31, 2003, 6:35 PM GMT+1 (17:35 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
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-31 17:35:28 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.792° N, 3.652° 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 usp000bync. 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
229°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.112 km NNW of Timizart, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.52 km S of Freha, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.15 km NE of Boudjima, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.010 km NE of Dellys, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.012 km NNE of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 3.23 km NE of Makouda, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 3.21 km SW of Chabet el Ameur, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.34 km WNW of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 3.18 km NNW of Makouda, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.919 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.823 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 3.35 km NE of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.74 km WNW of Tizi Gheniff, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.023 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.769 km NNE of ’Aïn Benian, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.32 km E of Draa Ben Khedda, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 3.13 km NNW of Naciria, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.65 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 3.06 km S of Naciria, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 3.04 km NNW of Makouda, Algeria · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.18 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.96 km NNE of Tadmaït, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 3.43 km SW of Draa Ben Khedda, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 2.026 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 3.410 km NNW of Boudjima, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 3.710 km WNW of Lakhdaria, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.93 km NE of Boudjima, Algeria · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.127 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 2.97 km W of Beni Amrane, Algeria · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 3.514 km W of Dellys, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 3.013 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 3.610 km N of Dellys, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 3.114 km W of Dellys, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.99 km E of Dellys, Algeria · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 2.318 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8520 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 2.117 km NNE of Dellys, Algeria · 8520 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 1.76 km S of Dellys, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 3.34 km WNW of Timizart, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 3.110 km N of Chabet el Ameur, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 1.89 km NE of Thenia, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 3.22 km NNW of Draa Ben Khedda, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 3.45 km N of Naciria, Algeria · 8519 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.811 km NW of Naciria, Algeria · 8518 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 3.14 km NNW of Timizart, Algeria · 8518 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 1.923 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.844 km NNE of ’Aïn Benian, Algeria · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.713 km N of Dellys, Algeria · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 3.02 km W of Makouda, Algeria · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 3.614 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.352 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.242 km N of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.120 km NNE of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8513 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.927 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8512 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 1.748 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8512 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.02 km NE of Boudouaou, Algeria · 8512 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.335 km N of Dellys, Algeria · 8512 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.93 km ESE of Boudouaou, Algeria · 8512 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 2.16 km SE of Boudouaou, Algeria · 8511 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.021 km NNE of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8511 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 2.039 km N of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8510 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 3.05 km N of Chabet el Ameur, Algeria · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 3.72 km SSW of Makouda, Algeria · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.611 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 1.83 km ENE of Dellys, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.413 km NNW of Naciria, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.117 km NNE of Thenia, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 3.35 km ENE of Thenia, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.913 km W of Dellys, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.027 km NNE of Aïn Taya, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 3.111 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 3.16 km NE of Beni Amrane, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.72 km SSW of Dellys, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 3.612 km NE of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.410 km NE of Thenia, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 3.422 km N of Boudjima, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.114 km NNW of Naciria, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.913 km NNW of Dellys, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.96 km SW of Dellys, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.38 km NNW of Bordj el Kiffan, Algeria · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.813 km NE of Boumerdas, Algeria · 8529 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bync. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.