- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 10, 1980 CE
- Location:
- Algeria
- Magnitude:
- 5.7 Mw
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 5.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.79
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.09
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.77
Other earthquake records of 1980 CE
- Algeria, Northern · Mw 7.1 · 5,000 deaths
- Italy, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples · Ms 6.9 · 4,689 deaths
- Mexico, S, Huajapan De Leon, Oaxaca · Ms 6.4 · 300 deaths
- Nepal-India, Pithoragarh · Ms 6.5 · 200 deaths
- Azores, Terceira, Angra Do Heroismo · Mw 6.9 · 69 deaths
- Washington, Mt St Helens · Ms 5.2 · 61 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 1980 Algeria earthquake (Mw 5.7) (1980 CE) happen?
- October 10, 1980 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.