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Earthquakes in Mozambique
Every earthquake in and around Mozambique 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+6since 1900
StrongestM 6.21950 · 231 km SE of Mozambique, Mozambique
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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 Mozambique
- 6.2 231 km SE of Mozambique, Mozambique May 10, 1950
- 6.1 203 km N of Chokwé, Mozambique May 19, 1940
- 6.1 95 km ESE of Chimanimani, Zimbabwe May 10, 1951
- 6.1 205 km ESE of António Enes, Mozambique Jan 22, 1951
- 6.1 198 km SE of António Enes, Mozambique Oct 23, 1938
- 6.0 209 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Mar 19, 1951
- 5.9 49 km E of Nsanje, Malawi Jan 17, 1954
- 5.7 130 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania Aug 27, 2008
- 5.6 32 km WNW of Dondo, Mozambique Jun 24, 2017
- 5.4 115 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania May 14, 1985
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.2 107 km NE of Pemba, Mozambique May 3, 2026
- 4.8 116 km SE of António Enes, Mozambique Feb 7, 2026
- 4.6 142 km ENE of Pemba, Mozambique Jan 6, 2026
- 4.4 119 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania May 18, 2025
- 4.2 140 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania Mar 27, 2025
- 4.3 139 km SSW of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 14, 2025
- 4.5 135 km SSW of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 14, 2025
- 4.3 126 km ENE of Mocímboa, Mozambique May 14, 2024
- 4.5 164 km SE of Mozambique, Mozambique Dec 6, 2022
- 4.7 271 km SSE of Inhambane, Mozambique Jul 2, 2022
- 4.4 160 km ESE of António Enes, Mozambique May 9, 2022
- 3.9 72 km SW of Dedza, Malawi May 5, 2022
- 4.2 89 km ESE of António Enes, Mozambique Apr 12, 2022
- 4.5 89 km SE of Mocímboa, Mozambique Mar 21, 2022
- 4.4 149 km SE of António Enes, Mozambique Mar 15, 2022