List of earthquakes in Algeria
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This is a list of earthquakes in Algeria
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Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
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- 1954 Orléansville earthquake (1,000 dead)
- 1980 El Asnam earthquake1980 El Asnam earthquakeThe 1980 El Asnam earthquake was an earthquake that occurred in the Algerian town of El Asnam, now known as Chlef, within the central part of the Chelif valley...
(3,500 dead) - 1989 Boumerdès earthquake (30 dead)
- 2003 Boumerdès earthquake2003 Boumerdès earthquakeThe 2003 Boumerdès earthquake was a magnitude 6.8 Mw earthquake that occurred on May 21, 2003 in northern Algeria. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in the town of Thénia in Boumerdès Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Algiers...
(2,300 dead)