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Earthquakes in Cabo Verde
Every earthquake in and around Cabo Verde 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 year0M2.5+
Magnitude 6+3since 1900
StrongestM 6.51941 · 267 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde
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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 Cabo Verde
- 6.5 267 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Aug 15, 1941
- 6.4 253 km NW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde May 29, 1993
- 6.0 252 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 15, 1938
- 5.8 260 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 15, 1938
- 5.3 Cape Verde Jan 26, 2023
- 5.3 245 km NW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Jun 4, 1993
- 5.0 54 km SW of Nova Sintra, Cabo Verde Sep 18, 1998
- 4.9 137 km N of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 24, 2017
- 4.9 264 km WNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 3, 2012
- 4.9 144 km W of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Mar 31, 1974
Last 24 months
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- 5.3 Cape Verde Jan 26, 2023
- 4.9 137 km N of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 24, 2017
- 4.3 14 km N of São Filipe, Cabo Verde Feb 26, 2014
- 4.9 264 km WNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 3, 2012
- 4.8 153 km W of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Jan 16, 2011
- 4.6 40 km SW of Nova Sintra, Cabo Verde Aug 17, 2004
- 4.6 160 km WNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Jan 11, 2004
- 5.0 54 km SW of Nova Sintra, Cabo Verde Sep 18, 1998
- 5.3 245 km NW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Jun 4, 1993
- 6.4 253 km NW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde May 29, 1993
- 4.8 127 km W of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Apr 7, 1991
- 4.9 144 km W of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Mar 31, 1974
- 6.5 267 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Aug 15, 1941
- 5.8 260 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 15, 1938
- 6.0 252 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde Feb 15, 1938