January 26, 1987 Earthquake: Mohammadia, Qued, Fodda, Tissemsilt, Algeria

Date

January 26, 1987

Time

11:11:41 UTC

Place

Mohammadia, Qued, Fodda, Tissemsilt, Algeria

Magnitude

4.3 (Ms)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.964° N, 1.374° E

Country

Algeria

Deaths

1

Injuries

7

Damage

$1 million

Houses destroyed

629

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 1716, Algiers, Algeria20,000 deaths · 173 km
• March 2, 1825, Blida, Algiers, Algeria7,000 deaths · 137 km
• October 10, 1980, Northern, AlgeriaM7.1 · 5,000 deaths · $5.2 billion · 250,000 houses destroyed · 26 km
• October 9, 1790, Cartagena, Santa Fe, Oran, Spain, Algeria3,000 deaths · 180 km
• September 9, 1954, Orleansville, AlgeriaM6.7 · 1,243 deaths · $6 million · 20,000 houses destroyed · 40 km
• August 18, 1994, Mascara, AlgeriaM5.9 · 171 deaths · 142 km
• January 2, 1867, El Affroun, Algeria70 deaths · 129 km
• January 15, 1891, Bourava, Gouraya, Algeria36 deaths · 75 houses destroyed · 71 km
• October 29, 1989, Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza, AlgeriaM5.7 · 30 deaths · $5 million · 133 km
• November 29, 1887, Kalaa, Algeria20 deaths · 331 houses destroyed · 103 km
• July 13, 1967, Near Sig, AlgeriaM5 · 10 deaths · 40 houses destroyed · 143 km
• August 1, 2014, Algiers, AlgeriaM5.5 · 6 deaths · 190 km
• January 9, 2008, Oran, AlgeriaM4.6 · 1 death · 180 km
• June 6, 2008, Oran, AlgeriaM5.5 · 1 death · 183 km
• September 9, 1954, El Asnam, AlgeriaM6.7 · 12 km

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