March 10, 1989 Earthquake: Salima, Dedza, Mohinji, Malawi

March 9, 1989, Malawi. At least two people killed, 100 injured and damage in the Salima area, six people killed and damage in the Dedza area and one person killed and damage in the Mohinji area. About 50,000 left homeless in Malawi. Felt strongly in much of central Malawi. Felt in Niassa and Tete Provinces, Mozambique. Also felt in Zambia. (reference #1053)

March 9, 1989, Malawi, nine killed, 100 injured, $28 million damage. (reference #1250)

The Malawi M6.1 earthquake occurred on 10 March 1989 in central Malawi. It was felt strongly in much of central Malawi, the Niassa and Tete provinces of Mozambique, and some parts of Zambia. At least 9 people were killed, 100 injured and 50,000 left homeless in Malawi. Damage was observed in the Salima, Dedza, and Mchinji areas. The event occurred at the southwestern end of Lake Malawi on a normal fault with nodal planes striking northwest (Foster and Jackson, 1998). Several studies have been carried out to analyse the source of this earthquake and its foreshocks and aftershocks (e.g., Gupta, 1992; Jackson and Blenkinsop, 1993; Foster and Jackson, 1998). The hypocentre of the event was located at a depth of about 31 km and occurred on a major west-dipping fault that bounds the eastern side of the Malawi rift. (reference #13028)