September 16, 1921 Earthquake: Nola, Central African Republic

Name: September 16, 1921 Earthquake: Nola, Central African Republic
Start: 1921-09-16
Location: Nola, Central African Republic

September 16, 1921 · M4.8

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Nola, Central African Republic on September 16, 1921 at 00:51:00 UTC.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: September 16, 1921
Time: 00:51:00 UTC
Place: Nola, Central African Republic
Magnitude: 4.8
Intensity: 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 3.800° N, 16.300° E
Country: Central African Republic

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

September 12, 1945, Congo, Central African Republic, CameroonM6.2 · 164 km

Significant earthquakes of 1921 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1921 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 3176.