M4.6 earthquake 126 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 126 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe on Fri, Jun 30, 2006, 3:11 AM GMT+2 (01:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 144 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-06-30 01:11:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.994° S, 33.482° E
- Region
- Zimbabwe
- 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
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4132 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7389 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6148 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7386 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9123 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7382 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.391 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7374 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7136 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7360 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4154 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7353 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2169 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7342 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.0144 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7340 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6145 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7340 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000emku. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:08 AM UTC.