Algeria
DZA · 2024 energy mix · renewables 0.2% · fossil fuels 99.8%
Threat reading 15 of 100, classified STABLE. 0 events recorded here in the last seven days, 0 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Gas | 66.5% |
|---|---|
| Oil | 33.0% |
| Coal | 0.2% |
| Solar | 0.2% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 0.2% and fossil fuels for 99.8%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Algeria is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 57 significant earthquakes and 11 tsunamis in or just off Algeria since 1359.
The deadliest was the May 1716 earthquake (Algeria: Algiers), which killed 20,000 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 7.1, on 10 October 1980 (Algeria: Northern).
The most recent entry is the 18 March 2021 magnitude 6.0 earthquake (Algeria: Bejaia).
Across the entries that record a death toll, 39,339 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1716 | earthquake | Algeria: Algiers | 20,000 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 2 March 1825 | earthquake | Algeria: Blida, Algiers | 7,000 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 10 October 1980 | magnitude 7.1 earthquake | Algeria: Northern | 5,000 dead, 250,000 homes destroyed, $5,200 million damage |
| 10 October 1980 | tsunami (waves to 0.7 m) | El Asnam | 5,000 dead, 250,000 homes destroyed, $5,200 million damage |
| 9 October 1790 | tsunami (waves to 1.8 m) | Oran | 3,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 9 October 1790 | earthquake | Algeria: Oran; Spain: Cartagena, Santa Fe | 3,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 21 May 2003 | magnitude 6.8 earthquake | Algeria: Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia | 2,287 dead, 19,000 homes destroyed, $5,000 million damage |
| 21 May 2003 | tsunami (waves to 3 m) | N. Algeria | 2,287 dead, 19,000 homes destroyed, $5,000 million damage |
| 9 September 1954 | magnitude 6.7 earthquake | Algeria: Orleansville | 1,243 dead, 20,000 homes destroyed, $6 million damage |
| 9 September 1954 | tsunami (waves to 0.3 m) | Sea of Alboran | 1,243 dead, 20,000 homes destroyed, $6 million damage |
| 12 February 1946 | magnitude 5.6 earthquake | Algeria: Hodna Mountains | 264 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 18 August 1994 | magnitude 5.9 earthquake | Algeria: Mascara | 171 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 2 January 1867 | earthquake | Algeria: El Affroun | 70 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 21 February 1960 | magnitude 5.6 earthquake | Algeria: Melouza | 47 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 16 November 1869 | earthquake | Algeria: Biskra | 40 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 15 January 1891 | tsunami | Sea of Alboran | 36 dead, 75 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 15 January 1891 | earthquake | Algeria: Bourava, Gouraya | 36 dead, 75 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 3 December 1885 | magnitude 5.9 earthquake | Algeria: M'sila | 33 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 29 October 1989 | magnitude 5.7 earthquake | Algeria: Algiers, Cherchell, Tipaza | 30 dead, $5 million damage |
| 22 December 1999 | magnitude 5.6 earthquake | Algeria: Northern: Ain Temouchent | 24 dead, 3,000 homes destroyed, $61 million damage |
| 29 November 1887 | earthquake | Algeria: Kalaa | 20 dead, 331 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 24 June 1910 | magnitude 6.4 earthquake | Algeria: Masqueray, Kabylia | 12 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 13 July 1967 | magnitude 5.0 earthquake | Algeria: near Sig | 10 dead, 40 homes destroyed, damage under $1 million |
| 27 May 2003 | magnitude 5.7 earthquake | Algeria: Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia | 9 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 27 May 2003 | tsunami (waves to 0.1 m) | Algiers | 9 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 68 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
Our feeds placed no events in Algeria in the last 30 days. That is a statement about the feeds we read, not proof that nothing happened.
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 2 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 15 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 15 |
| Natural hazard | 0 |
| Resilience | 74 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.