December 1, 2004 Earthquake: Boumerdas, Algeria

Date

December 1, 2004

Time

17:42:24 UTC

Place

Boumerdas, Algeria

Magnitude

4.5 (mb)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.848° N, 3.448° E

Country

Algeria

Injuries

15

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.

• May 1716, Algiers, Algeria20,000 deaths · 40 km
• March 2, 1825, Blida, Algiers, Algeria7,000 deaths · 76 km
• October 10, 1980, Northern, AlgeriaM7.1 · 5,000 deaths · $5.2 billion · 250,000 houses destroyed · 199 km
• May 21, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia, AlgeriaM6.8 · 2,287 deaths · $5 billion · 19,000 houses destroyed · 21 km
• September 9, 1954, Orleansville, AlgeriaM6.7 · 1,243 deaths · $6 million · 20,000 houses destroyed · 177 km
• February 12, 1946, Hodna Mountains, AlgeriaM5.6 · 264 deaths · 185 km
• January 2, 1867, El Affroun, Algeria70 deaths · 83 km
• February 21, 1960, Melouza, AlgeriaM5.6 · 47 deaths · 111 km
• January 15, 1891, Bourava, Gouraya, Algeria36 deaths · 75 houses destroyed · 152 km
• December 3, 1885, M'Sila, AlgeriaM5.9 · 33 deaths · 132 km
• October 29, 1989, Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza, AlgeriaM5.7 · 30 deaths · $5 million · 89 km
• June 24, 1910, Masqueray, Kabylia, AlgeriaM6.4 · 12 deaths · 106 km
• May 27, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia, AlgeriaM5.7 · 9 deaths · 15 km
• August 1, 2014, Algiers, AlgeriaM5.5 · 6 deaths · 24 km
• January 1, 1965, M'Sila, AlgeriaM5.5 · 4 deaths · $2 million · 2,500 houses destroyed · 154 km

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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 5819.