Tanzania earthquakes in 1985
29 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Tanzania in 1985. The largest: M6.4 120 km E of Madimba, Tanzania, May 14, 1985.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1985 was located in Tanzania. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1985
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.978 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.689 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.085 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.126 km NW of Mlowo, Tanzania · 33 km deep
- 4.786 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.583 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.6Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.568 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.790 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.693 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.870 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.772 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.6101 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.691 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.196 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.579 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.0102 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.087 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.596 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.575 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.586 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.3115 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.8102 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.768 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.7121 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.4115 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 6.4120 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 6.0121 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.736 km WNW of Usevia, Tanzania · 10 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1985 in Tanzania.
- 6.4120 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 6.0121 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.736 km WNW of Usevia, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.6101 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.4115 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.3115 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.126 km NW of Mlowo, Tanzania · 33 km deep
- 5.196 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.085 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.0102 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 5.087 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.978 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.870 km E of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.8102 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.786 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.790 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.772 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.768 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.7121 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.689 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.6Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.693 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.691 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.583 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
- 4.568 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania · 10 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1985 | 0 | ||
| February 1985 | 1 | 5.7 | 36 km WNW of Usevia, Tanzania |
| March 1985 | 0 | ||
| April 1985 | 0 | ||
| May 1985 | 7 | 6.4 | 120 km E of Madimba, Tanzania |
| June 1985 | 16 | 5.6 | 101 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania |
| July 1985 | 1 | 4.7 | 86 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania |
| August 1985 | 0 | ||
| September 1985 | 3 | 5.1 | 26 km NW of Mlowo, Tanzania |
| October 1985 | 0 | ||
| November 1985 | 0 | ||
| December 1985 | 1 | 4.9 | 78 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
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Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.