June 24, 1910 Earthquake: Masqueray, Kabylia, Algeria
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Masqueray, Kabylia, Algeria on June 24, 1910 at 13:27 UTC, 33 km below the surface. It killed 12 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
- June 24, 1910
- Time
- 13:27 UTC
- Place
- Masqueray, Kabylia, Algeria
- Magnitude
- 6.4 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Intensity
- 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.000° N, 4.000° E
- Country
- Algeria
The toll
- Deaths
- 12
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
June 24, 1910, 13:28 UTC, at Masqueray, 36 deg 03 min N, 3 deg 25 min E, intensity XI, magnitude 6.4. (reference #1193)
June 24, 1910, 13:27 UTC, 36 N, 4 E, magnitude 6.4. (reference #130)
June 24, 1910, Locally destructive in Kabylia, 12+ deaths. (reference #1180)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 1716, Algiers, Algeria
- March 2, 1825, Blida, Algiers, Algeria
- May 21, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia, Algeria
- February 12, 1946, Hodna Mountains, Algeria
- January 2, 1867, El Affroun, Algeria
- February 21, 1960, Melouza, Algeria
- December 3, 1885, M'Sila, Algeria
- October 29, 1989, Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza, Algeria
- May 27, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia, Algeria
- August 22, 1856, Northern, Algeria
- August 1, 2014, Algiers, Algeria
- August 21, 1856, Northern, Algeria
- January 1, 1965, M'Sila, Algeria
- March 20, 2006, Northern, Algeria
- May 14, 2010, Beni Yellman, Northern, 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 2910.