Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Moroto
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda · population 16,300. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year1M2.5+
Since 190012M4.5+, 3 of them M6+
How often M6+42 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Moroto. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.2 21 km W of Kabarnet, Kenya Jan 10, 1928
- 6.1 42 km N of Gulu, Uganda Jul 9, 1912
- 6.1 47 km SSW of Lobuni, Ethiopia Sep 16, 1913
- 5.2 82 km NE of Lodwar, Kenya Jan 22, 2012
- 5.0 59 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya May 3, 2020
- 5.0 11 km SSE of Lobuni, Ethiopia Oct 23, 2010
- 4.7 123 km WSW of Lobuni, Ethiopia Aug 22, 1994
- 4.7 32 km NW of Apac, Uganda Jun 3, 1990
- 4.6 8 km NE of Kapoeta, South Sudan May 26, 1990
- 4.6 58 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya May 23, 1978
The latest nearby
- 4.4 27 km N of Nakasongola, Uganda May 31, 2026
- 4.2 14 km NE of Buwenge, Uganda Aug 31, 2022
- 4.5 76 km W of Lobuni, Ethiopia Jan 29, 2022
- 5.0 59 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya May 3, 2020
- 4.2 28 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya Mar 17, 2015
- 4.4 130 km E of Kapoeta, South Sudan Feb 11, 2014
- 5.2 82 km NE of Lodwar, Kenya Jan 22, 2012
- 5.0 11 km SSE of Lobuni, Ethiopia Oct 23, 2010
- 4.0 58 km W of Kitgum, Uganda Aug 10, 2002
- 4.5 38 km E of Lodwar, Kenya Apr 3, 1996
- 4.7 123 km WSW of Lobuni, Ethiopia Aug 22, 1994
- 4.7 32 km NW of Apac, Uganda Jun 3, 1990
- 4.6 8 km NE of Kapoeta, South Sudan May 26, 1990
- 4.6 58 km ESE of Lodwar, Kenya May 23, 1978
- 6.2 21 km W of Kabarnet, Kenya Jan 10, 1928