- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 27, 1967 CE
- Location:
- Algeria
- Magnitude:
- 4.86 Mw
- Depth:
- 5 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.16
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.13
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.22
Other earthquake records of 1967 CE
- Venezuela · Mw 6.6 · 300 deaths
- India · Mw 6.6 · 180 deaths
- Colombia, Huila, Neiva, Rivera, San Antonio · Mw 7 · 98 deaths
- Turkey, Tunceli · M 6.2 · 97 deaths
- Turkey, Mudurnu, Adapazari · Mw 7.3 · 86 deaths
- Indonesia, Makassar Strait · Ms 5.5 · 71 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 1967 Algeria earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1967 CE) happen?
- May 27, 1967 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.