Mozambique earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Mozambique

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in Mozambique on Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 11:34 PM GMT+2 (21:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 156 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2006-02-24 21:34:30 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.328° S, 33.279° E
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
72°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8156 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7514 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.4137 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7514 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.3119 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.5129 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.2139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7512 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.0123 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7512 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.9129 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7511 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.6173 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7511 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.4108 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7510 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.4150 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7506 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 4.6154 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7506 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.5159 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7506 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.6134 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7505 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.4134 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7505 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.6144 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7503 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 4.4116 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7503 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.2113 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7502 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 4.7Mozambique · 7499 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 4.8133 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7497 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 4.4169 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7497 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 5.1Mozambique · 7496 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 5.6146 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7496 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 14
  23. 4.4Zimbabwe · 7495 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 4.3139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7495 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 4.8Mozambique · 7494 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 4.5135 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7493 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 4.8195 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7492 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 4.6133 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7492 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 4.2130 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7492 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 5.2143 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7489 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 4.8145 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7488 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 4.5109 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7486 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 4.2140 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7485 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 4.5151 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7484 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 4.6139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7476 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 5.2172 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7465 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  37. 4.6139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7465 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 4.5106 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7465 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.0113 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.5142 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 4.3108 km S of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 5.1156 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.2154 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.4138 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.2Mozambique · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 3.1140 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.3Mozambique · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.7105 km ESE of Chiredzi, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.1117 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.4130 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 4.1163 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 4.4126 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 4.3157 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.1150 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 5.3163 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 5.7161 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 9
  19. 5.0185 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.8149 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000easr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC.