M 4.4 earthquake – 33 km E of Nkhata Bay, Malawi
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Local time: Dec 16, 2021 · 16:03 (UTC+2)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -11.554, 34.59233 km from Nkhata Bay
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 24, 2020.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Malawi.
- 6.5 12 km WNW of Chama, Zambia May 1, 1919
- 6.4 38 km S of Mbamba Bay, Tanzania Oct 9, 1942
- 6.3 30 km WNW of Chama, Zambia Dec 18, 1940
- 6.2 9 km NNW of Salima, Malawi Mar 10, 1989
- 6.0 23 km SSW of Karonga, Malawi Dec 19, 2009
- 5.9 6 km WSW of Karonga, Malawi Dec 8, 2009
- 5.8 22 km SSW of Karonga, Malawi Dec 6, 2009
- 5.7 11 km NW of Salima, Malawi Mar 9, 1989