Earthquake details

Friday, January 6, 1928 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Kenya on Friday, January 6, 1928 at 19:31 UTC with a magnitude of 6.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nyahururu (Kenya - KE), about 33.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 36.069 and latitude 0.113.

Magnitude	6.7
Alert	Severe
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	0.113, 36.069
UTC time	1928-01-06 19:31:57.690

Location	Nakuru
Country	Kenya (KE)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1928-01-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nyahururu	33.8 km
Mairo Inya	39.0 km
Rongai	39.3 km
Upper Gilgil	42.7 km
Nakuru	46.8 km
Njoro	51.3 km
Ol Kalou	54.9 km
Molo	55.0 km
Gilgil	74.1 km
Iten	88.0 km
Eldoret	99.8 km
Naivasha	100.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.7

Nakuru

Kenya · 2001-09-24 01:29 UTC

10.1 km

M 6.2

Iten

Kenya · 1928-01-10 02:25 UTC

70.6 km

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