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Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - Aïn Defla, 40 km east of Orleansville, Departement du Chelif, Algeria, on Friday, Nov 26, 2021 at 2:03 pm (GMT +1) -

Light magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

26 Nov 13:15 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 12 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 26, 2021 13:03:22 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Nov 26, 2021 at 2:03 pm (GMT +1)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	36.05°N / 1.76°E (Aïn Defla, Algeria)
Antipode	36.05°S / 178.24°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	21 km (13 mi) SSE of El Attaf (pop: 43,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) SSE of El Abadia (pop: 28,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) SE of Oued Fodda (Chlef) (pop: 44,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) SW of Ain Defla (pop: 52,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) NW of Theniet el Had (Tissemsilt) (pop: 27,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) WSW of Khemis Miliana (pop: 75,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) ESE of Ech Chettia (Chlef) (pop: 168,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 51 km (32 mi) E of Oued Sly (Chlef) (pop: 30,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 141 km (88 mi) WSW of Algiers (Alger) (pop: 1,977,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 148 km (92 mi) WSW of Bab Ezzouar (Algiers) (pop: 275,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 7°C (45 F), humidity: 80%, wind: 7 m/s (14 kts) from W
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10¹⁰ joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.6	10 km	NORTHERN ALGERIA	EMSC
3.6	0 km	Algeria: SW AIN DEFLA.ARG	IGN

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Seismic station: ROA/UCM/GEOFON Station Cartagena, Spain (CART/WM network) | Distance from quake: 299 km / 186 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station ROA/UCM/GEOFON Station Cartagena, Spain: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Jijel (368.6 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt : Non ressenti à Jijel.

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