A great number of local newspapers and periodicals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries contributed to the survival of information related to the earthquakes that occurred in Algeria during those periods. These documents which often relay the information from official institutions provide fruitful seismological accounts allowing a sound reappraisal of Algeria seismicity in terms of the estimation of macroseismic parameters. A recent systematic documentation on the Algeria seismicity revealed the occurrence of more than 650 earthquakes that were not reported in the previous seismological compilations, from 1844 onward, despite their significant number. In this paper we provide a quick overview on the newspapers and periodicals that existed at that time and from which fruitful information were retrieved and focus on the most significant events that we newly found. A careful analysis of the historical records allowed the estimation of the intensity of these earthquakes, which globally ranges from V to VIII EMS. These new results augment the seismological knowledge in Algeria and will certainly have implications for seismic hazard assessment.

十九世纪和二十世纪的许多地方报纸和期刊为这些时期发生在阿尔及利亚的地震有关的信息的生存做出了贡献。这些经常从官方机构传递信息的文件提供了丰硕的地震学资料，从而可以根据宏观地震参数的估计对阿尔及利亚的地震活动性进行重新评估。最近有关阿尔及利亚地震活动的系统性文件显示，自1844年以来，尽管发生了很多地震，但仍发生了650多次地震，这些地震在以前的地震汇编中均未记录。在本文中，我们提供了对当时存在的报纸和期刊的快速概述，并从中检索了丰硕的信息，并将重点放在了我们新发现的最重要的事件上。仔细分析历史记录可以估算这些地震的烈度，全球范围从V级到VIII级EMS。这些新结果增加了阿尔及利亚的地震学知识，并且肯定会对地震危险性评估产生影响。