M4.3 earthquake 91 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 91 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe on Thu, Jul 20, 2006, 1:51 AM GMT+2 (23:51 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-07-19 23:51:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.955° S, 32.951° 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
- 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7136 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7360 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4154 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7354 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2169 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7342 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.0144 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7341 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6145 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7341 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.9123 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7383 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6148 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7386 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4132 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7390 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6126 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7395 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.0121 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7395 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ep4y. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.