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Earthquakes in Mauritania
Every earthquake in and around Mauritania 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+0since 1900
StrongestM 4.62012 · 76 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania
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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 Mauritania
- 4.6 76 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Mar 1, 2012
- 4.6 Mauritania Sep 3, 1993
- 4.5 39 km ENE of Zouerate, Mauritania Aug 7, 2014
- 4.5 27 km ESE of Zouerate, Mauritania Nov 22, 2013
- 4.5 Mauritania Jul 25, 2008
- 4.4 20 km S of Zouerate, Mauritania Jul 1, 2021
- 4.4 35 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Feb 9, 2015
- 4.4 232 km NNW of Rosso, Mauritania May 9, 2002
- 4.3 38 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Jan 6, 2014
- 4.2 Mauritania Jun 18, 2014
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.4 20 km S of Zouerate, Mauritania Jul 1, 2021
- 4.1 158 km ENE of Zouerate, Mauritania Dec 15, 2015
- 4.4 35 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Feb 9, 2015
- 4.1 158 km ENE of Zouerate, Mauritania Oct 2, 2014
- 4.5 39 km ENE of Zouerate, Mauritania Aug 7, 2014
- 4.2 Mauritania Jun 18, 2014
- 4.1 66 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Jun 3, 2014
- 4.1 49 km ESE of Zouerate, Mauritania Mar 18, 2014
- 4.0 54 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Mar 11, 2014
- 4.3 38 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Jan 6, 2014
- 4.5 27 km ESE of Zouerate, Mauritania Nov 22, 2013
- 4.2 8 km SE of Zouerate, Mauritania May 9, 2013
- 4.1 25 km ESE of Zouerate, Mauritania Feb 28, 2013
- 4.2 31 km E of Zouerate, Mauritania Jan 8, 2013
- 4.1 21 km ESE of Zouerate, Mauritania Aug 21, 2012