M4.5 earthquake 169 km NNW of Qandala, Somalia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 169 km NNW of Qandala, Somalia on Fri, May 19, 2023, 4:58 AM GMT+3 (01:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 163 km NNW of Qandala, Somalia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-19 01:58:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 12.831° N, 49.151° E
- Region
- Somalia
- 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 9.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4170 km NNW of Qandala, Somalia · 1223 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.8163 km NNW of Qandala, Somalia · 1222 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.9142 km N of Las Khorey, Somalia · 1208 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2157 km N of Las Khorey, Somalia · 1207 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.0161 km N of Las Khorey, Somalia · 1207 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3166 km NNW of Bosaso, Somalia · 1207 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kd0a. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC.