Mozambique earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Mozambique

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Mozambique on Sun, Mar 12, 2006, 3:12 AM GMT+2 (01:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 133 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2006-03-12 01:12:29 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.411° S, 32.668° 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
221°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8133 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7497 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.4169 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7497 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 5.1Mozambique · 7496 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 5.6146 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7496 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 14
  5. 4.4Zimbabwe · 7496 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.3139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7495 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.8Mozambique · 7494 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.5135 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7493 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.8195 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7492 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.2130 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7492 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 5.2143 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7489 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.8145 km SE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7488 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.5109 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7486 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.2140 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7485 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 4.5151 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7484 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 4.6139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7477 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.6139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7465 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.5106 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7465 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 4.2146 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7452 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.1108 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7441 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.2113 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7502 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.4116 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7503 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.6144 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7504 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.4134 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7505 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.6134 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7506 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.5159 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7507 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.6154 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7507 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.4150 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7507 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.4108 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7511 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.6173 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7511 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.9129 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7512 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.0123 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7512 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.2139 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.5129 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.3119 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7513 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 4.4137 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.2Mozambique · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.0113 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7515 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.5142 km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.3108 km S of Chipinge, Zimbabwe · 7516 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ebzg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.