Earthquake details

Saturday, February 15, 1975 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Mozambique on Saturday, February 15, 1975 at 06:16 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mozambique (Mozambique - MZ), about 160.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 41.556 and latitude -16.238.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-16.238, 41.556
UTC time	1975-02-15 06:16:27.800

Location	Angoche
Country	Mozambique (MZ)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1975-02-15

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mozambique	160.3 km
Angoche	176.1 km
Monapo	199.2 km
Nacala	208.6 km
Namialo	223.5 km
Nametil	243.8 km
Micolene	254.0 km
Nampula	275.3 km
Chiúre	370.8 km
Ribáuè	375.3 km
Pemba	380.2 km
Alto Molocue	419.4 km

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