February 18, 1962 Earthquake: Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, Tunisia
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, Tunisia on February 18, 1962.
Map
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
- February 18, 1962
- Place
- Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, Tunisia
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.000° N, 9.000° E
- Country
- Tunisia
The toll
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 3, 856, Tunis, Tunisia
- January 1758, Tunis, Constantine, Tunisia
- February 20, 1957, Sidi Abid,sidi Touil (La Medja),cailloux, Tunisia
- August 6, 1947, Algeria
- August 7, 1941, Bou-Saadiah,zaghouan, Tunisia
- 1040, Al-Kairawan, Tunisia
- June 2, 854, Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia
- February 10, 1937, Guelma, Lapaine, Algeria
- 412, Utique, Tunisia
- 1905, Bizerte, Tunisia
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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 4258.