M5.2 earthquake 33 km WNW of Baki, Somalia
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 33 km WNW of Baki, Somalia on Fri, May 30, 1980, 11:02 AM GMT+3 (08:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-05-30 08:02:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.000° N, 43.102° E
- Region
- Somalia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.321 km NW of Baki, Somalia · 16916 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.468 km SSE of 'Ali Sabieh, Djibouti · 16892 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.529 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16874 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 4.939 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16930 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.645 km NW of Baki, Somalia · 16933 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.138 km NW of Baki, Somalia · 16943 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.511 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16943 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.331 km WNW of Baki, Somalia · 16943 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00017ty (also filed as gcmtb053080a, gcmt19800530080250, iscgem646806). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.