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Earthquakes in Malawi
Every earthquake in and around Malawi 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+4since 1900
StrongestM 6.51919 · 12 km WNW of Chama, Zambia
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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 Malawi
- 6.5 12 km WNW of Chama, Zambia May 1, 1919
- 6.3 30 km WNW of Chama, Zambia Dec 18, 1940
- 6.2 9 km NNW of Salima, Malawi Mar 10, 1989
- 6.0 23 km SSW of Karonga, Malawi Dec 19, 2009
- 5.9 6 km WSW of Karonga, Malawi Dec 8, 2009
- 5.8 22 km SSW of Karonga, Malawi Dec 6, 2009
- 5.7 11 km NW of Salima, Malawi Mar 9, 1989
- 5.5 24 km NE of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 8, 2018
- 5.5 2 km WSW of Karonga, Malawi Dec 12, 2009
- 5.4 22 km SE of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Sep 5, 1989
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.4 23 km ESE of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Jan 23, 2026
- 4.6 13 km NE of Chipoka, Malawi Jul 6, 2025
- 4.5 35 km S of Monkey Bay, Malawi Jan 30, 2025
- 4.5 12 km NNE of Livingstonia, Malawi May 4, 2024
- 4.0 30 km ENE of Nsanje, Malawi Dec 28, 2022
- 4.9 40 km E of Nsanje, Malawi Apr 7, 2022
- 4.5 18 km WNW of Monkey Bay, Malawi Jan 7, 2022
- 4.4 33 km E of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Dec 16, 2021
- 4.3 39 km ESE of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Feb 1, 2021
- 4.2 29 km NNW of Monkey Bay, Malawi Oct 29, 2020
- 4.2 39 km E of Mzimba, Malawi Mar 11, 2020
- 4.2 19 km ESE of Nsanje, Malawi Dec 26, 2019
- 4.2 34 km WNW of Liuli, Tanzania Dec 18, 2019
- 4.1 29 km SW of Nsanje, Malawi Jan 16, 2019
- 4.7 54 km N of Nkhotakota, Malawi Apr 23, 2018