December 23, 2014 Earthquake: Blida, Algeria
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Blida, Algeria on December 23, 2014 at 08:00:21 UTC, 7 km below the surface.
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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
- December 23, 2014
- Time
- 08:00:21 UTC
- Place
- Blida, Algeria
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 7 km (4 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.492° N, 3.025° E
- Country
- Algeria
The toll
- Injuries
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
Several people injured and several homes damaged, some severely, in the Blida area. Felt from Algiers to Boumerdes. Birkhadem, Algier, Algeria - CDI: 6; Dar Beida, Algier, Algeria - CDI: 5; Bab Ezzouar, Algier, Algeria - CDI: 4; as-Sūmaʿah, Blīdah, Algeria - CDI: 4; Boumerdès, Bumardas, Algeria - CDI: 4(reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 1716, Algiers, Algeria
- March 2, 1825, Blida, Algiers, Algeria
- October 10, 1980, Northern, Algeria
- May 21, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia, Algeria
- September 9, 1954, Orleansville, Algeria
- February 12, 1946, Hodna Mountains, Algeria
- January 2, 1867, El Affroun, Algeria
- February 21, 1960, Melouza, Algeria
- January 15, 1891, Bourava, Gouraya, Algeria
- December 3, 1885, M'Sila, Algeria
- October 29, 1989, Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza, Algeria
- June 24, 1910, Masqueray, Kabylia, Algeria
- May 27, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia, Algeria
- August 1, 2014, Algiers, Algeria
- January 1, 1965, M'Sila, 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 10315.