Africa
Earthquakes in Burundi
Every earthquake in and around Burundi since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year1M2.5+
Magnitude 6+1since 1900
StrongestM 6.31960 · 16 km N of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Burundi
- 6.3 16 km N of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo Sep 22, 1960
- 5.4 20 km S of Gitega, Burundi Oct 30, 1966
- 5.3 11 km WNW of Rumonge, Burundi Jan 29, 1978
- 5.2 33 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi Jul 28, 2025
- 5.0 32 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi Aug 24, 2020
- 5.0 10 km SSE of Rumonge, Burundi Sep 18, 1990
- 4.9 68 km W of Rumonge, Burundi Mar 12, 1982
- 4.9 35 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi Jul 2, 1979
- 4.8 12 km SSE of Mwaro, Burundi Apr 5, 2003
- 4.8 16 km S of Bujumbura, Burundi Aug 11, 1993
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.3 31 km SW of Makamba, Burundi Apr 13, 2026
- 5.2 33 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi Jul 28, 2025
- 4.5 19 km W of Bubanza, Burundi Jan 4, 2025
- 4.7 41 km SSW of Rumonge, Burundi Feb 14, 2022
- 4.5 18 km ESE of Bujumbura, Burundi Jan 24, 2021
- 4.3 24 km SSE of Bujumbura, Burundi Dec 8, 2020
- 5.0 32 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi Aug 24, 2020
- 4.2 30 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi Aug 24, 2020
- 4.3 11 km NE of Bubanza, Burundi Sep 2, 2018
- 4.4 12 km S of Gitega, Burundi May 21, 2015
- 4.3 22 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi Jul 12, 2014
- 4.5 54 km SW of Rumonge, Burundi Mar 10, 2013
- 4.4 67 km WSW of Rumonge, Burundi May 12, 2012
- 4.7 17 km SW of Mwaro, Burundi Apr 3, 2011
- 3.8 11 km NE of Mwaro, Burundi Sep 25, 2010