January 2, 1867 Earthquake: El Affroun, Algeria
An earthquake struck El Affroun, Algeria on January 2, 1867 at 06:13 UTC. It killed 70 people.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 2, 1867
- Time
- 06:13 UTC
- Place
- El Affroun, Algeria
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.400° N, 2.700° E
- Country
- Algeria
The toll
- Deaths
- 70
- Injuries
- 100
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
January 2, 1867, 07h13m [lcoal time], 36.4 N, 2.7 E, intensity = IX-X. The village Mouzaiaville almost completely destroyed (48 persons perished, 100 injured), Bou Roumi, La Chiffa and El Mroun were also seriously injured in the same extent, strong at Ameur el Ain (3 killed), Chancelade, Blida (many houses fissured, public buildings seriously injured), Medea (some damage), Marengo, Duperrd, Tipasa (slight damage), houses damaged at Dalmatie, Doudra and Cherchel, felt at Miliana, Boghari, Teniet el Haad, Aumala, Dellys, Tizi Ouzan, Dra a1 Mizan, Fort National, Orldansville, Djidjelli. The majority of collapsed houses was built of pebbles poorly connected with earth, brick built buildings at Blida suffered very little (RK). (reference #1099)
January 2, 1867, earthquake in Blida, Algeria. (reference #1002)
January 2, 1867, Locally destructive inChiffa area, 70+ deaths. (reference #1180)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 1716, Algiers, Algeria
- March 2, 1825, Blida, Algiers, Algeria
- October 10, 1980, Northern, Algeria
- May 21, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia, Algeria
- September 9, 1954, Orleansville, Algeria
- February 21, 1960, Melouza, Algeria
- January 15, 1891, Bourava, Gouraya, Algeria
- December 3, 1885, M'Sila, Algeria
- October 29, 1989, Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza, Algeria
- June 24, 1910, Masqueray, Kabylia, Algeria
- May 27, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia, Algeria
- August 1, 2014, Algiers, Algeria
- January 1, 1965, M'Sila, Algeria
- May 14, 2010, Beni Yellman, Northern, Algeria
- January 26, 1987, Mohammadia, Qued, Fodda, Tissemsilt, Algeria
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2109.