March 16, 1924 Earthquake: Batna, Algeria

Date

March 16, 1924

Place

Batna, Algeria

Magnitude

5.6

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.100° N, 5.200° E

Country

Algeria

Deaths

Many (about 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.

• February 12, 1946, Hodna Mountains, AlgeriaM5.6 · 264 deaths · 75 km
• February 21, 1960, Melouza, AlgeriaM5.6 · 47 deaths · 141 km
• November 16, 1869, Biskra, Algeria40 deaths · 68 km
• December 3, 1885, M'Sila, AlgeriaM5.9 · 33 deaths · 124 km
• June 24, 1910, Masqueray, Kabylia, AlgeriaM6.4 · 12 deaths · 148 km
• January 1, 1965, M'Sila, AlgeriaM5.5 · 4 deaths · $2 million · 2,500 houses destroyed · 99 km
• March 20, 2006, Northern, AlgeriaM4.9 · 4 deaths · 62 houses destroyed · 170 km
• May 14, 2010, Beni Yellman, Northern, AlgeriaM5.2 · 2 deaths · 132 km
• February 25, 1968, El Alen (Babord), AlgeriaM4.9 · 1 death · 100 houses destroyed · 110 km
• July 11, 1975, Djebel Babor, AlgeriaM4.3 · 1 death · 136 km
• April 16, 1943, Mansourah, AlgeriaM5 · Deaths: some · 128 km
• May 19, 2013, Algiers, AlgeriaM4.9 · 178 km
• August 7, 2020, Milah, AlgeriaM5 · 188 km

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