Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Mtwapa
Mtwapa, Kilifi County, Kenya · population 90,677. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year1M2.5+
Since 190016M4.5+, 0 of them M6+
How often M6+—none on record nearby
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Mtwapa. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.0 90 km SSE of Lamu, Kenya Jul 21, 1938
- 5.5 29 km ENE of Mombasa, Kenya Mar 13, 1990
- 5.3 10 km SW of Mwembe, Tanzania May 9, 1983
- 5.2 37 km W of Wundanyi, Kenya Oct 14, 1967
- 5.0 13 km SW of Gamba, Tanzania Jan 15, 2005
- 5.0 53 km NNW of Mlalo, Tanzania Dec 8, 1995
- 4.9 20 km N of Maramba, Tanzania Mar 13, 2020
- 4.9 12 km NNW of Kinango, Kenya Dec 23, 2007
- 4.9 19 km SSW of Takaungu, Kenya Feb 27, 1995
- 4.7 Kenya Feb 8, 2023
The latest nearby
- 4.6 15 km ESE of Kwakoa, Tanzania Feb 25, 2026
- 4.4 119 km ENE of Mtito Andei, Kenya Jun 22, 2024
- 4.7 Kenya Feb 8, 2023
- 4.2 8 km NNE of Kwakoa, Tanzania Apr 2, 2022
- 4.9 20 km N of Maramba, Tanzania Mar 13, 2020
- 4.7 41 km S of Mtito Andei, Kenya Mar 24, 2019
- 3.7 7 km NE of Moshi, Tanzania Feb 7, 2019
- 4.5 18 km ENE of Tanga, Tanzania Feb 5, 2017
- 4.0 104 km NW of Malindi, Kenya May 29, 2011
- 4.5 19 km SSW of Shimoni, Kenya Feb 14, 2008
- 4.9 12 km NNW of Kinango, Kenya Dec 23, 2007
- 4.2 11 km SE of Mombasa, Kenya Jun 17, 2006
- 5.0 13 km SW of Gamba, Tanzania Jan 15, 2005
- 5.0 53 km NNW of Mlalo, Tanzania Dec 8, 1995
- 4.9 19 km SSW of Takaungu, Kenya Feb 27, 1995