1856 Djijelli earthquakes

Earthquakes in northern Algeria 1856 Jijel earthquakes yes 21 & 22 August 1856 Mediterranean yes Mediterranean 44.41 8.93 Genoa Green pog.svg Mediterranean 36.77 3.22 Algiers left Green pog.svg Mediterranean 37.1 5.7 Bullseye1.png 40 35.9 4.12 Bullseye1.png 45 top 250 right 37.1 N 5.7 E inline,title Algeria IX Yes 3 dead Two earthquakes occurred on August 21 and 22, 1856, near the coastal area of northern Algeria around the city of Jijel (known as Djidjelli during the colonial period). The magnitude of the two shocks are unknown, but each had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Each of these high intensity shocks were felt as far as Genoa in Northern Italy and were followed by a tsunami that affected the Mediterranean Sea. Three people were killed as a result of the second event. See also List of earthquakes in Algeria List of historical earthquakes List of tsunamis References Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set Further reading The seismicity of North Africa: the earthquake of 1856 at Jijeli, Algeria Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata Ambraseyes, N. N. 1982 24 93 31–37 The Djidjelli (Algeria) earthquakes of 21 and 22 August 1856 (I0 VIII, IX) and related tsunami effects Revisited https://www.academia.edu/20475917 S. Harbi M. Meghraoui M. Maouche 2011 Journal of Seismology 15 1 105–129 10.1007/s10950-010-9212-9 2011JSeis..15..105H 140148745 The 1856 Djijelli (Algeria) earthquake and tsunami: source parameters and implications for tsunami hazard in the Balearic Islands J. Roger H. Hebert 2008 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 8 4 721–731 10.5194/nhess-8-721-2008 2008NHESS...8..721R free Category:1856 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in Algeria Category:19th-century tsunamis Category:1856 natural disasters Category:August 1856 Category:1856 in Algeria Category:Tsunamis in Algeria Category:Earthquake clusters, swarms, and sequences Category:1856 disasters in Africa Category:19th-century disasters in Algeria