- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 3, 1885 CE
- Location:
- Algeria
- Magnitude:
- 5.98 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.98
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.16
Other earthquake records of 1885 CE
- India, Kashmir: Srinagar · Mw 6.3 · 3,000 deaths
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 6 · 80 deaths
- Bangladesh · Mw 6.9 · 75 deaths
- Kyrgyzstan, Belovodskoje · M 6.9 · 54 deaths
- Algeria, M'sila · Mw 5.9 · 33 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 5 · 4 deaths
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1885 Algeria earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1885 CE) happen?
- December 3, 1885 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.