M4.4 earthquake 150 km ESE of Chiredzi, Zimbabwe
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 150 km ESE of Chiredzi, Zimbabwe on Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 7:56 PM GMT+2 (17:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 167 km SSE 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-20 17:56:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.506° S, 33.028° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 11.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006tw8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC.