August 22, 1855 Earthquake: Algeria

Date

August 22, 1855

Time

12:00 UTC

Place

Algeria

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.100° N, 5.700° E

Country

Algeria

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $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.

• May 21, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia, AlgeriaM6.8 · 2,287 deaths · $5 billion · 19,000 houses destroyed · 184 km
• February 12, 1946, Hodna Mountains, AlgeriaM5.6 · 264 deaths · 163 km
• February 21, 1960, Melouza, AlgeriaM5.6 · 47 deaths · 188 km
• December 3, 1885, M'Sila, AlgeriaM5.9 · 33 deaths · 148 km
• June 24, 1910, Masqueray, Kabylia, AlgeriaM6.4 · 12 deaths · 195 km
• May 27, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia, AlgeriaM5.7 · 9 deaths · 189 km
• August 22, 1856, Northern, Algeria8 deaths · 0 km
• October 27, 1985, Annaba-Setif-Souk, AlgeriaM5.9 · 6 deaths · 118 km
• August 21, 1856, Northern, Algeria5 deaths · 0 km
• March 20, 2006, Northern, AlgeriaM4.9 · 4 deaths · 62 houses destroyed · 63 km
• January 1, 1965, M'Sila, AlgeriaM5.5 · 4 deaths · $2 million · 2,500 houses destroyed · 194 km
• May 14, 2010, Beni Yellman, Northern, AlgeriaM5.2 · 2 deaths · 194 km
• July 11, 1975, Djebel Babor, AlgeriaM4.3 · 1 death · 96 km
• February 25, 1968, El Alen (Babord), AlgeriaM4.9 · 1 death · 100 houses destroyed · 127 km
• March 18, 2021, Bejaia, AlgeriaM6 · 49 km

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