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Earthquakes in Kenya
Every earthquake in and around Kenya 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 6.71928 · 33 km WNW of Nyahururu, Kenya
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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 Kenya
- 6.7 33 km WNW of Nyahururu, Kenya Jan 6, 1928
- 6.2 21 km W of Kabarnet, Kenya Jan 10, 1928
- 6.1 47 km SSW of Lobuni, Ethiopia Sep 16, 1913
- 6.0 90 km SSE of Lamu, Kenya Jul 21, 1938
- 5.5 29 km ENE of Mombasa, Kenya Mar 13, 1990
- 5.2 82 km NE of Lodwar, Kenya Jan 22, 2012
- 5.2 37 km W of Wundanyi, Kenya Oct 14, 1967
- 5.0 59 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya May 3, 2020
- 5.0 32 km WSW of Kisumu, Kenya Jun 13, 2010
- 4.9 12 km NNW of Kinango, Kenya Dec 23, 2007
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.6 7 km NW of Magadi, Kenya Jul 16, 2024
- 4.4 119 km ENE of Mtito Andei, Kenya Jun 22, 2024
- 4.5 76 km W of Lobuni, Ethiopia Jan 29, 2022
- 5.0 59 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya May 3, 2020
- 4.7 41 km S of Mtito Andei, Kenya Mar 24, 2019
- 3.4 28 km S of Makueni Boma, Kenya Aug 8, 2018
- 4.2 28 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya Mar 17, 2015
- 4.4 130 km E of Kapoeta, South Sudan Feb 11, 2014
- 4.5 38 km SSW of Makueni Boma, Kenya Apr 17, 2012
- 5.2 82 km NE of Lodwar, Kenya Jan 22, 2012
- 4.0 104 km NW of Malindi, Kenya May 29, 2011
- 5.0 32 km WSW of Kisumu, Kenya Jun 13, 2010
- 4.9 12 km NNW of Kinango, Kenya Dec 23, 2007
- 4.1 42 km WNW of Longido, Tanzania Aug 9, 2007
- 4.7 46 km WNW of Namanga, Tanzania Jul 30, 2007