Africa
Earthquakes in Zimbabwe
Every earthquake in and around Zimbabwe 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+1since 1900
StrongestM 7.02006 · 160 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe
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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 Zimbabwe
- 7.0 160 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Feb 22, 2006
- 5.8 184 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Jul 20, 1957
- 5.7 161 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Feb 23, 2006
- 5.6 53 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Dec 22, 2018
- 5.6 171 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Sep 22, 2016
- 5.6 146 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Mar 15, 2006
- 5.4 134 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Feb 22, 2006
- 5.3 163 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Feb 23, 2006
- 5.2 126 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Nov 29, 2007
- 5.2 172 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Apr 14, 2006
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.5 130 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Mar 7, 2025
- 4.3 32 km S of Kariba, Zimbabwe Jan 5, 2025
- 4.9 17 km S of Kariba, Zimbabwe Dec 23, 2024
- 4.9 21 km S of Kariba, Zimbabwe Dec 20, 2024
- 4.6 23 km SSE of Kariba, Zimbabwe Dec 20, 2024
- 4.2 21 km SSE of Kariba, Zimbabwe Dec 8, 2024
- 4.4 173 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Oct 15, 2022
- 4.3 188 km SE of Chiredzi, Zimbabwe May 16, 2021
- 4.3 35 km E of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Feb 1, 2021
- 4.3 166 km ESE of Chiredzi, Zimbabwe Jul 26, 2020
- 4.8 169 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Jul 26, 2020
- 4.5 169 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Apr 10, 2020
- 4.3 108 km SE of Chimanimani, Zimbabwe Nov 20, 2019
- 4.2 51 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Aug 28, 2019
- 5.6 53 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe Dec 22, 2018