Africa
Earthquakes in Rwanda
Every earthquake in and around Rwanda 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+0since 1900
StrongestM 5.92008 · 20 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda
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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 Rwanda
- 5.9 20 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda Feb 3, 2008
- 5.8 37 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda Aug 7, 2015
- 5.5 43 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda Aug 7, 2015
- 5.3 4 km SSE of Cyangugu, Rwanda Apr 25, 1965
- 5.3 8 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda Feb 14, 2008
- 5.2 Rwanda - Burundi region Mar 20, 2003
- 5.2 4 km NE of Cyangugu, Rwanda Apr 14, 1977
- 5.0 24 km S of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo Sep 15, 2017
- 5.0 11 km NE of Cyangugu, Rwanda Feb 3, 2008
- 5.0 37 km W of Kibuye, Rwanda Oct 24, 2002
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.4 10 km ESE of Cyangugu, Rwanda Nov 1, 2025
- 4.3 27 km W of Kibuye, Rwanda Apr 5, 2025
- 4.5 16 km NNW of Nzega, Rwanda Sep 24, 2023
- 4.4 34 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda Jul 7, 2023
- 4.5 37 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda Sep 7, 2021
- 4.5 14 km E of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 27, 2021
- 4.3 17 km ENE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 27, 2021
- 4.5 17 km SSE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.5 11 km SE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.5 4 km S of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.5 9 km SE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.4 8 km NE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.4 1 km SSW of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.2 28 km ESE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.7 16 km E of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021