The Research Center in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Geophysics announced today, Monday, the recording of an earthquake south of Algiers. The center registered the earthquake at 12:55, with a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale, in the state of M'Sila. The center indicated that the epicenter of the quake was determined to be 4 kilometers northeast of M'ghara, in M'Sila Province.