M3.1 earthquake 140 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe

Magnitude

3.1 (mb), minor

Local time

Thu, Feb 23, 2006, 12:13 PM GMT+2

UTC

2006-02-23 10:13:34 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

21.343° S, 33.177° E

Region

Zimbabwe

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Station coverage gap

107°

Stations used

9

• Chipinge, ZimbabwePopulation 34,959. Forecast141 kmSSE
• Beira, MozambiquePopulation 687,764. Forecast240 kmSW
• Harare, ZimbabwePopulation 1,542,813. Forecast450 kmSSE

After

1. 4.2MozambiqueThu, Feb 23, 1:15 PM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
2. 4.4138 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 7:22 PM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
3. 4.2154 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 10:17 PM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
4. 5.1156 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT+2 · 7522 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
5. 4.3108 km S of Chipinge, ZimbabweFri, Feb 24, 2:52 AM GMT+2 · 7522 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
6. 4.5142 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweFri, Feb 24, 3:48 AM GMT+2 · 7522 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
7. 4.0113 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweFri, Feb 24, 1:10 PM GMT+2 · 7522 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
8. 4.2MozambiqueFri, Feb 24, 11:34 PM GMT+2 · 7521 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
9. 4.8156 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSat, Feb 25, 1:24 AM GMT+2 · 7521 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
10. 4.4137 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSat, Feb 25, 3:30 AM GMT+2 · 7521 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
11. 4.3119 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Feb 26, 5:53 AM GMT+2 · 7520 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
12. 4.5129 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Feb 26, 3:52 PM GMT+2 · 7520 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
13. 4.2139 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweMon, Feb 27, 1:58 AM GMT+2 · 7519 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
14. 4.0123 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweMon, Feb 27, 7:40 AM GMT+2 · 7519 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
15. 4.9129 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweTue, Feb 28, 2:42 AM GMT+2 · 7518 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
16. 4.6173 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweTue, Feb 28, 5:57 AM GMT+2 · 7518 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
17. 4.4108 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweWed, Mar 1, 5:16 AM GMT+2 · 7517 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
18. 4.4150 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Mar 5, 3:58 AM GMT+2 · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
19. 4.6154 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Mar 5, 4:08 AM GMT+2 · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
20. 4.5159 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Mar 5, 4:12 AM GMT+2 · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
21. 4.6134 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweMon, Mar 6, 3:29 AM GMT+2 · 7512 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
22. 4.4134 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweMon, Mar 6, 1:23 PM GMT+2 · 7512 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
23. 4.6144 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweWed, Mar 8, 2:05 AM GMT+2 · 7510 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
24. 4.4116 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweWed, Mar 8, 5:17 PM GMT+2 · 7510 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
25. 4.2113 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Mar 9, 8:07 AM GMT+2 · 7509 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
26. 4.7MozambiqueSun, Mar 12, 3:12 AM GMT+2 · 7506 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
27. 4.8133 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweTue, Mar 14, 9:25 AM GMT+2 · 7504 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
28. 4.4169 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweTue, Mar 14, 9:37 AM GMT+2 · 7504 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
29. 5.1MozambiqueWed, Mar 15, 1:52 PM GMT+2 · 7503 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
30. 5.6146 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweWed, Mar 15, 4:19 PM GMT+2 · 7503 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 14
31. 4.4ZimbabweWed, Mar 15, 8:08 PM GMT+2 · 7503 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
32. 4.3139 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Mar 16, 10:00 AM GMT+2 · 7502 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
33. 4.8MozambiqueFri, Mar 17, 9:29 AM GMT+2 · 7501 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
34. 4.5135 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSat, Mar 18, 3:10 PM GMT+2 · 7500 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
35. 4.8195 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Mar 19, 6:23 PM GMT+2 · 7499 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
36. 4.6133 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Mar 19, 6:24 PM GMT+2 · 7499 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
37. 4.2130 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Mar 19, 6:26 PM GMT+2 · 7499 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
38. 5.2143 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweWed, Mar 22, 1:35 PM GMT+2 · 7496 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
39. 4.8145 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Mar 23, 8:14 AM GMT+2 · 7495 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
40. 4.5109 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSat, Mar 25, 12:19 PM GMT+2 · 7493 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
41. 4.2140 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSun, Mar 26, 12:21 PM GMT+2 · 7492 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
42. 4.5151 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweMon, Mar 27, 4:56 PM GMT+2 · 7491 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
43. 4.6139 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweTue, Apr 4, 4:13 AM GMT+2 · 7483 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
44. 5.2172 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweFri, Apr 14, 8:41 PM GMT+2 · 7473 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
45. 4.6139 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSat, Apr 15, 10:01 AM GMT+2 · 7472 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
46. 4.5106 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweSat, Apr 15, 6:44 PM GMT+2 · 7472 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away

Before

1. 4.3MozambiqueThu, Feb 23, 10:51 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
2. 4.7105 km ESE of Chiredzi, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 10:25 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
3. 4.1117 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 7:52 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
4. 4.4130 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 7:45 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
5. 4.1163 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 5:51 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
6. 4.4126 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 4:45 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
7. 4.3157 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 4:40 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
8. 4.1150 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 4:39 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
9. 5.3163 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 4:22 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
10. 5.7161 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 3:23 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 9
11. 5.0185 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 3:17 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
12. 3.8149 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 3:06 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
13. 3.8145 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 1:49 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
14. 4.7149 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 1:44 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
15. 4.8152 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 1:26 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
16. 4.6149 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 1:05 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
17. 4.8156 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 12:36 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
18. 4.9155 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 12:29 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
19. 5.4134 km SSE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 12:26 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
20. 7.0160 km SE of Chipinge, ZimbabweThu, Feb 23, 12:19 AM GMT+2 · 7523 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 268

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