<p>The mountainous domain of the Saharan Atlas (northern Algeria) has been long considered as a region of very low seismic activity. However, recent instrumental data reveals significant seismic activity over the last decades. This led to reconsidering this region and re-evaluating its seismic activity. This work investigates the historical seismicity of the western part of the Saharan atlas, from 1867 to 1987. This study consists of compiling a seismic catalogue of the region, based on old and contemporary catalogues, documents, contemporary journalistic sources, and paper seismograms available in the CRAAG archives. A total of 31 seismic events have been gathered, the most important events have been reviewed in detail, including macroseismic intensity maps. In order to unify the Earthquake catalogue for Algeria (ECA) to a common magnitude scale, the surface wave magnitude (Ms) and/or maximum observed intensity (Imax) were determined for each seismic event. The results of this work are intended to be included in the Algerian Macroseismic Database (AMD) and the ECA, to enhance the understanding of the seismic patterns and the tectonic activity in the region.</p>