M4.7 earthquake 68 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 68 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania on Thu, May 23, 1985, 7:11 PM GMT+3 (16:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 102 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-23 16:11:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.600° S, 40.922° E
- Region
- Tanzania
- 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8102 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15094 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.320 km NNE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15094 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.3115 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15091 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.263 km SE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15086 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.586 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15069 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.575 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15067 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.596 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15066 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.313 km E of Mtwara, Tanzania · 15066 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.087 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15066 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.0102 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15066 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.579 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15066 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.196 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15066 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.691 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15066 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.055 km NE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15065 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.477 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15063 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.475 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.6101 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.772 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.870 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.693 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.790 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.568 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6Tanzania · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.583 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15059 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.786 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15041 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.139 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15102 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7121 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15102 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9114 km ENE of Mocímboa, Mozambique · 15106 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.4115 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 15106 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.050 km NE of Mocímboa, Mozambique · 15106 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 6.4120 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 15106 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.0121 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 15107 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002f49. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.