Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
97
M5+
Strongest
M6.9
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910-12-13 | 6.9 | 39 km WSW of Karema, Tanzania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-12-05 | 6.8 | 76 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-03-20 | 6.6 | 22 km N of Margherita, Uganda | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1960-09-22 | 6.5 | 19 km SW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-10-02 | 6.5 | 15 km W of Nkove, Tanzania | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-04-16 | 6.5 | 149 km W of Kigoma, Tanzania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-06-30 | 6.5 | 53 km N of Rukungiri, Uganda | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-09-11 | 6.4 | 29 km W of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-03-18 | 6.3 | 24 km SW of Sembabule, Uganda | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-09-23 | 6.2 | 64 km NNE of Lastoursville, Gabon | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-02-05 | 6.2 | 13 km SSW of Bundibugyo, Uganda | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-10-24 | 6.2 | 34 km SW of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-10-01 | 6.0 | 13 km W of Sumbawanga, Tanzania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-05-24 | 6.0 | 67 km N of Sumbe, Angola | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-07-03 | 6.0 | 9 km SSW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-09-11 | 6.0 | 145 km NW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-09-21 | 5.9 | 26 km WNW of Kirando, Tanzania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-02-24 | 5.9 | 40 km E of Kaputa, Zambia | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-02-03 | 5.9 | 20 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-06-15 | 5.9 | 54 km WNW of Kigorobya, Uganda | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-09-12 | 5.9 | 93 km NW of Ouésso, Republic of the Congo | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1960-09-22 | 5.9 | 30 km S of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-01-22 | 5.8 | 99 km W of Kigoma, Tanzania | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-06-29 | 5.8 | 51 km S of Kigoma, Tanzania | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-11-18 | 5.8 | 162 km NNW of Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-07-07 | 5.8 | 169 km SE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-08-07 | 5.8 | 37 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-03-08 | 5.8 | 29 km SW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-11-12 | 5.8 | 13 km SSW of Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-05-05 | 5.8 | 125 km WSW of Nchelenge, Zambia | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-12-11 | 5.7 | 29 km SW of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-02-23 | 5.7 | 36 km WNW of Usevia, Tanzania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-07-03 | 5.7 | 46 km W of Kigorobya, Uganda | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-09-23 | 5.6 | 24 km WSW of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-01-02 | 5.6 | 37 km NW of Mwense, Zambia | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-05-15 | 5.6 | 66 km WNW of Bosobolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-10-09 | 5.6 | 20 km N of Kigorobya, Uganda | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-02-19 | 5.6 | 60 km ENE of Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-01-11 | 5.6 | 106 km E of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-05-17 | 5.6 | 6 km S of Bundibugyo, Uganda | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-07-26 | 5.6 | 85 km SE of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-12-09 | 5.5 | 62 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-10-24 | 5.5 | 28 km SSW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-04-18 | 5.4 | 21 km N of Margherita, Uganda | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-12-29 | 5.4 | 42 km WSW of Kilembe, Uganda | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-11-14 | 5.4 | 66 km W of Karema, Tanzania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-03-24 | 5.4 | 15 km SW of Fort Portal, Uganda | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-09-04 | 5.4 | 72 km SSW of Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-03-02 | 5.4 | 107 km W of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-09-09 | 5.4 | 39 km WSW of Mpanda, Tanzania | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-06-29 | 5.3 | 49 km WSW of Ntungamo, Uganda | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-04-25 | 5.3 | 4 km SSE of Cyangugu, Rwanda | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-01-29 | 5.3 | 11 km WNW of Rumonge, Burundi | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-10-19 | 5.3 | 121 km SW of N'zeto, Angola | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-03-28 | 5.3 | 37 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-02-14 | 5.3 | 8 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-01-09 | 5.3 | 62 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-04-29 | 5.3 | 83 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-11-02 | 5.3 | 49 km NNE of Samfya, Zambia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-11-30 | 5.3 | 232 km NNE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-07-31 | 5.3 | 10 km S of Bundibugyo, Uganda | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-07-28 | 5.2 | 33 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-10-26 | 5.2 | 177 km SE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-10-25 | 5.2 | 7 km WSW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-08-29 | 5.2 | 24 km NW of Namanyere, Tanzania | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-12-11 | 5.2 | 42 km SSW of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-08-05 | 5.2 | 46 km NNW of Ntungamo, Uganda | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-02-09 | 5.2 | 21 km ESE of Kaputa, Zambia | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-09-24 | 5.2 | 73 km W of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-07-03 | 5.2 | 43 km SSW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-06-05 | 5.1 | 87 km W of Caconda, Angola | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-07-06 | 5.1 | 46 km SE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-03-26 | 5.1 | 43 km SSW of Uvinza, Tanzania | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-11-21 | 5.1 | 108 km WSW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-04-24 | 5.1 | 46 km NE of Mporokoso, Zambia | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-12-08 | 5.1 | 74 km SSE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-01-21 | 5.1 | 22 km S of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-04-16 | 5.1 | 110 km W of Mwense, Zambia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-11-28 | 5.1 | 43 km ESE of Kaputa, Zambia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-05-21 | 5.1 | 150 km SW of Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-10-30 | 5.1 | 47 km SW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-02-04 | 5.1 | 69 km W of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-08-19 | 5.1 | 39 km SSW of Nchelenge, Zambia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-01-26 | 5.0 | 177 km SE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-06-10 | 5.0 | 88 km SW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-04-25 | 5.0 | 31 km N of Bundibugyo, Uganda | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-01-09 | 5.0 | 87 km E of Kampene, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-03-15 | 5.0 | 16 km NNW of Kigorobya, Uganda | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-07-20 | 5.0 | 65 km WNW of Karema, Tanzania | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-04-15 | 5.0 | 75 km NE of Bukama, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-06-09 | 5.0 | 56 km SW of Solwezi, Zambia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-07-31 | 5.0 | 128 km WSW of Rumonge, Burundi | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-09-18 | 5.0 | 10 km SSE of Rumonge, Burundi | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-12-02 | 5.0 | 152 km SE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-03-14 | 5.0 | 103 km ENE of Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-07-31 | 5.0 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-05-21 | 5.0 | 26 km SSW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |