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Earthquakes in Madagascar
Every earthquake in and around Madagascar 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 year3M2.5+
Magnitude 6+2since 1900
StrongestM 6.21919 · 283 km WSW of Anakao, Madagascar
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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 Madagascar
- 6.2 283 km WSW of Anakao, Madagascar Jul 4, 1919
- 6.1 90 km S of Maintirano, Madagascar Mar 29, 1943
- 6.0 216 km SSW of Kani Kéli, Mayotte Apr 29, 1952
- 5.7 237 km W of Maintirano, Madagascar Sep 24, 2006
- 5.6 22 km NW of Fenoarivo Be, Madagascar Apr 21, 1991
- 5.6 52 km S of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar Oct 4, 1985
- 5.6 48 km N of Beroroha, Madagascar Apr 4, 1975
- 5.5 41 km SSW of Betafo, Madagascar Jan 11, 2017
- 5.4 Mozambique Channel Jun 20, 1982
- 5.4 10 km WSW of Ambarakaraka, Madagascar Jun 30, 1974
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.7 97 km N of Amboasary, Madagascar Mar 13, 2026
- 4.7 224 km NNW of Maintirano, Madagascar Feb 8, 2026
- 4.9 11 km SW of Soavinandriana, Madagascar Jan 24, 2026
- 4.6 110 km NW of Belo sur Tsiribihina, Madagascar Jul 23, 2025
- 4.6 126 km WNW of Mahabe, Madagascar Mar 9, 2025
- 4.3 155 km NW of Hell-Ville, Madagascar Jan 20, 2025
- 5.3 90 km SSE of Tôlanaro, Madagascar Sep 18, 2024
- 4.8 285 km W of Morondava, Madagascar Jul 4, 2023
- 4.4 12 km WNW of Antakotako, Madagascar Apr 10, 2022
- 4.3 81 km SW of Ambanja, Madagascar Dec 31, 2020
- 4.8 Madagascar May 13, 2020
- 4.7 38 km S of Ambarakaraka, Madagascar May 23, 2019
- 4.5 64 km ESE of Savana, Madagascar Mar 30, 2018
- 5.5 41 km SSW of Betafo, Madagascar Jan 11, 2017
- 4.7 209 km NNW of Maintirano, Madagascar Nov 27, 2016