- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 9, 1989 CE
- Location:
- Algeria
- Magnitude:
- 4.8 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 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 4.8
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.89
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.5
Other earthquake records of 1989 CE
- Tajikistan, Sharora, Gissar · Mb 5.3 · 274 deaths
- Indonesia, Kurima District, Baliem River · Ms 5.8 · 120 deaths
- Iran, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj · Ms 5.8 · 114 deaths
- California, Loma Prieta · Mw 6.9 · 62 deaths
- Algeria, Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza · Ms 5.7 · 30 deaths
- China, Shanxi And Hebei Provinces, Datong · Ms 5.3 · 29 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 1989 Algeria earthquake (Mw 4.8) (1989 CE) happen?
- April 9, 1989 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.