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Earthquakes in Uganda
Every earthquake in and around Uganda 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 year2M2.5+
Magnitude 6+5since 1900
StrongestM 6.61966 · 22 km N of Margherita, Uganda
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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 Uganda
- 6.6 22 km N of Margherita, Uganda Mar 20, 1966
- 6.4 53 km N of Rukungiri, Uganda Jun 30, 1952
- 6.3 24 km SW of Sembabule, Uganda Mar 18, 1945
- 6.2 13 km SSW of Bundibugyo, Uganda Feb 5, 1994
- 6.1 42 km N of Gulu, Uganda Jul 9, 1912
- 5.7 46 km W of Kigorobya, Uganda Jul 3, 2013
- 5.6 20 km N of Kigorobya, Uganda Oct 9, 1991
- 5.6 6 km S of Bundibugyo, Uganda May 17, 1966
- 5.4 21 km N of Margherita, Uganda Apr 18, 1972
- 5.4 15 km SW of Fort Portal, Uganda Mar 24, 1996
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.4 27 km N of Nakasongola, Uganda May 31, 2026
- 4.2 29 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda May 7, 2026
- 4.7 57 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda Feb 13, 2025
- 4.5 16 km NNE of Kamwenge, Uganda Aug 3, 2024
- 4.5 42 km ESE of Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Jan 19, 2024
- 4.9 46 km NW of Moyo, Uganda Nov 13, 2023
- 4.6 60 km NNW of Rukungiri, Uganda Aug 24, 2023
- 4.3 23 km SSW of Buliisa, Uganda Apr 8, 2023
- 4.4 23 km N of Kasese, Uganda Mar 4, 2023
- 4.5 21 km N of Kasese, Uganda Mar 4, 2023
- 4.5 18 km SSE of Bundibugyo, Uganda Mar 4, 2023
- 4.6 1 km NW of Kilembe, Uganda Feb 28, 2023
- 4.2 14 km NE of Buwenge, Uganda Aug 31, 2022
- 3.6 2 km SSW of Fort Portal, Uganda Aug 11, 2022
- 4.6 47 km SSW of Kilembe, Uganda Mar 6, 2022