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Historic Earthquake
Earthquake in France
12 February 1946 · Hodna Mountains · Algeria
On 12 February 1946 at 02:43 UTC, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Algeria (Hodna Mountains). It occurred on the African Plate, 149 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 264 people.
- Date
- 12 February 1946
- Time
- 02:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 5.6
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 264
- Plate
- African Plate
- Country
- Algeria
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20032003 Boumerdès Earthquake · M 6.82,287 deaths
- 19891989 Chenoua Earthquake · M 5.730 deaths
- 1960Melouza · M 5.647 deaths
- 1910Masqueray, Kabylia · M 6.412 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth