Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Dedza
Dedza, Central Region, Malawi · population 34,882. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year1M2.5+
Since 190037M4.5+, 1 of them M6+
How often M6+126 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Dedza. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.2 9 km NNW of Salima, Malawi Mar 10, 1989
- 5.7 11 km NW of Salima, Malawi Mar 9, 1989
- 5.5 24 km NE of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 8, 2018
- 5.4 22 km SE of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Sep 5, 1989
- 5.1 16 km NW of Monkey Bay, Malawi Jul 22, 1995
- 5.1 34 km E of Lilongwe, Malawi Feb 28, 1990
- 5.1 19 km SSE of Monkey Bay, Malawi Jan 22, 1984
- 5.1 53 km S of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Jan 8, 1978
- 5.1 20 km SSE of Mwanza, Malawi May 6, 1966
- 4.9 25 km ENE of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 8, 2018
The latest nearby
- 4.4 23 km ESE of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Jan 23, 2026
- 4.6 13 km NE of Chipoka, Malawi Jul 6, 2025
- 4.5 35 km S of Monkey Bay, Malawi Jan 30, 2025
- 3.9 72 km SW of Dedza, Malawi May 5, 2022
- 4.5 18 km WNW of Monkey Bay, Malawi Jan 7, 2022
- 4.3 39 km ESE of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Feb 1, 2021
- 4.2 29 km NNW of Monkey Bay, Malawi Oct 29, 2020
- 4.5 65 km NE of Petauke, Zambia Jun 5, 2020
- 4.2 39 km E of Mzimba, Malawi Mar 11, 2020
- 4.7 54 km N of Nkhotakota, Malawi Apr 23, 2018
- 4.1 9 km NNE of Nsanje, Malawi Apr 6, 2018
- 4.8 22 km NE of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 17, 2018
- 4.9 25 km ENE of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 8, 2018
- 5.5 24 km NE of Nsanje, Malawi Mar 8, 2018
- 4.3 64 km SE of Nkhata Bay, Malawi Jul 21, 2017