9/56 YEAR CYCLE: ALGERIAN EARTHQUAKES

APPENDIX 20 MAJOR ALGERIAN EARTHQUAKES: 1885 - 2003

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Appendix for the paper 9/56 year Cycles: Earthquakes & Volcanoes.

The Dept Etudes et Surveillance Sismiques, Algeria listed 20 major earthquakes for Algeria since 1885, of which 16 occurred in the 12 months ended November 10 of those years in the 9/56 year patterns (see Table A) (significant p < .01).

Table a 9/56 YEAR GRID & MAJOR ALGERIAN QUAKES Year ended November 10
				Sq 52	Sq 05			Sq 32	Sq 41	Sq 50	Sq 03	Sq 12	Sq 21			Sq 48	Sq 01
																			1891 0115	1900	1909	1918
													1893	1902	1911	1920	1929	1938	1947	1956	1965 0101	1974 1973 1124
						1886	1895	1904	1913	1922 0825	1931	1940	1949	1958	1967	1976	1985 1027	1994 0818	2003 0521 0521
1888 1987 1129	1897	1906	1915	1924	1933	1942	1951	1960 0212 0221	1969	1978	1987	1996 0904	2005
1944	1953	1962	1971	1980 1010	1989 1029	1998	2007
2000 1110 1999 1220
The 56 year sequences in the table are each separated by an interval of 9 years. Years in bold contained the biggest Algerian earthquakes in the 12 months ending November 10 of those years in the table. Source of Raw Data: Dept Etudes et Surveillance Sismiques, Algeria

MAJOR ALGERIAN EARTHQUAKES 1885 - 2003
Location	Date	Intensity	Mag
El Kalaâ	29.11.1887	IX-X (VIII)	6.5-7.5
Gouraya	15.01.1891	X	7.5
Sour. el Ghouzléne (Aumale)	24.06.1910	X ( VIII)	6.4/ 6.6
A. el Hassan (Cavaignac)	25.08.1922	IX-X	5.1
El At -El Ab (Carnot)	07.09.1934	IX ( VII)	5.0
Chlef (Orléansville-El Asnam)	09.09.1954	X-XI	6.7
Béjaia	12.02.1960	VIII- IX	5.6
M'sila	21.02.1960	VIII	5.6
M'sila	01.01.1965	VIII	5.5
Mansourah	24.11.1973	VII	5.1
Chlef	10.10.1980	IX	7.3
Constantine	27.10.1985	VIII	5.9
El Affroun	31.10.1988	VII	5.4
Dj. Chenoua	29.10.1989	VIII	6.0
Mascara	18.08.1994	VII	5.6
Alger	04.09.1996	VII	5.7
Ain-Temouchent	22.12.1999	VII	5.8
Béni-Ouartilane	10.11.2000	VII	5.4
ZEMMOURI	21.05.2003	X	6.8
northern Algeria	21.05.2003	na	5.8
Years in bold contained the biggest Algerian earthquakes in the 12 months ending November 10 of those years in the table. Source: Dept Etudes et Surveillance Sismiques, Algeria