Earthquake details

Sunday, September 24, 2006 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Mozambique on Sunday, September 24, 2006 at 22:56 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Angoche (Mozambique - MZ), about 263.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 41.811 and latitude -17.741.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	6.0 km
Coordinates	-17.741, 41.811
UTC time	2006-09-24 22:56:21.070

Location	Nampula
Country	Mozambique (MZ)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2006-09-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Angoche	263.1 km
Micolene	296.1 km
Antsalova	314.1 km
Mozambique	322.5 km
Nametil	346.2 km
Monapo	353.3 km
Namialo	369.7 km
Nacala	373.7 km
Morondava	387.3 km
Nampula	398.9 km
Tsiroanomandidy	462.2 km
Ribáuè	485.4 km

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