Earthquake details

Sunday, October 27, 1985 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Algeria on Sunday, October 27, 1985 at 19:34 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Hamma Bouziane (Algeria - DZ), about 15.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 6.761 and latitude 36.460.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	36.460, 6.761
UTC time	1985-10-27 19:34:57.120

Location	Constantine
Country	Algeria (DZ)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1985-10-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Hamma Bouziane	15.7 km
Constantine	16.8 km
El Arrouch	22.5 km
El Khroub	22.7 km
Ali Mendjeli	29.5 km
’Aïn Abid	30.2 km
Aïn Smara	31.6 km
Tamalous	43.4 km
Azzaba	43.8 km
Mila	44.5 km
Skikda	48.2 km
Aïn M’Lila	50.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 Constantine Algeria · 2022-11-20 13:03 UTC	31.9 km
M 4.2 Azzaba Algeria · 2022-09-07 16:28 UTC	38.7 km
M 4.3 Skikda Algeria · 2021-12-28 19:25 UTC	32.2 km
M 4.8 Guelma Algeria · 2021-04-01 14:33 UTC	39.1 km
M 4.5 Constantine Algeria · 2021-03-17 21:49 UTC	3.6 km
M 4.3 Hamma Bouziane Algeria · 2020-11-22 11:10 UTC	18.3 km
M 5.1 Azzaba Algeria · 2020-11-22 03:53 UTC	22.4 km
M 4.5 Mila Algeria · 2020-08-07 11:13 UTC	41.8 km

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