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Tanzania: earthquakes and wildfires

Latest earthquakes and active wildfires in Tanzania on a live map, the strongest earthquakes and largest fires on record, and statistics by year.

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Latest event1,362 acres8 h ago37 mi SW of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Key statistics (30 days)

Earthquakes M2.5+ and the wildfire fronts shown on the map.

Fire danger

Today Low
Tomorrow Low
Day after Low

Forecast for the area around: Dar es Salaam. Danger can vary locally; follow official guidance. Source: Copernicus EMS – EFFIS (FWI).

Severe weather (forecast)

  • Today: Rain – Extreme rain (≥ 50 mm) · Mwanza
  • Tomorrow: Rain – Extreme rain (≥ 50 mm) · Mwanza

Forecast for the area around: Tanzania. It does not replace warnings from the national weather service. Source: ECMWF / Copernicus EMS.

Recent events in Tanzania

Historical overview

Earthquakes M3.0+ and significant events of other hazards.

About Tanzania

Tanzania has recorded 599 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M6.5 in 2000.

Satellites have detected 755 significant wildfires here; the largest burned about 152,432 acres.

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes today: Tanzania →

599 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M6.5.

Recent earthquakes

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
4.112 mi ESE of Masumbwe, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.112 mi N of Masumbwe, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.623 mi NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.432 mi S of Singida, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.437 mi SSE of Singida, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.725 mi NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.722 mi NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.511 mi E of Mtinko, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.730 mi NNW of Singida, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.538 mi E of Singida, Tanzania6.2 mi
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MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
4.847 mi NNE of Ngorongoro, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.392 mi E of Ifakara, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.069 mi E of Ifakara, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.69 mi ESE of Kwakoa, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.439 mi ESE of Singida, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.330 mi SE of Ikwiriri, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.214 mi E of Singida, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.637 mi SSE of Singida, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.325 mi NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.225 mi S of Dodoma, Tanzania6.2 mi
4.356 mi SE of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania6.2 mi

Strongest earthquakes on record

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
6.510 mi W of Nkove, Tanzania21.1 mi
6.487 mi ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania6.2 mi
6.051 mi SE of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania10.9 mi
6.087 mi ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.914 mi E of Mutukula, Tanzania24.9 mi
5.949 mi NNW of Arusha, Tanzania5.0 mi
5.916 mi WNW of Kirando, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.938 mi NNE of Sumbawanga, Tanzania15.7 mi
5.832 mi S of Kigoma, Tanzania12.6 mi
5.781 mi ESE of Madimba, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.744 mi SSW of Mpanda, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.69 mi SSW of Kisanga, Tanzania3.7 mi
5.633 mi N of Sumbawanga, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.676 mi ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania6.2 mi
5.612 mi ENE of Singida, Tanzania20.5 mi

Earthquakes per year (M3.0+)

19772026
Year
202616M5.3
202519M5.0
202415M5.0
202348M5.5
202223M4.7
20219M4.8
202016M6.0
201912M5.5
201813M5.0
201710M5.1
20167M5.9
20155M4.8
201410M5.1
201314M4.9
20128M4.7
20116M4.9
201017M5.3
200925M5.2
200819M5.7
200791M5.9
20066M4.7
20056M5.0
20049M4.9
200311M5.1
200228M5.5
20019M4.8
20003M6.5
19995M5.6
19982M4.2
19975M5.9
19965M5.2
19952M5.0
19942M5.9
19935M5.3
19924M4.6
19913M5.2
19906M5.5
19895M4.8
19884M4.7
19874M4.9
19867M5.8
198539M6.4
19845M5.3
19838M5.3
19828M5.2
19813M4.6
19809M4.9
19795M5.3
19781M4.1
19774M5.6
19763M5.2

Wildfires

755 major fires since 2025. The largest covered about 152,432 acres.

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
1,362 acres37 mi SW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
7,492 acres8 mi N of Kibiti, TanzaniaActive
6,131 acres39 mi NE of Songea, TanzaniaActive
2,869 acres46 mi S of Kibaha, TanzaniaActive
3,210 acres26 mi NW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
22,323 acres9 mi SE of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
1,895 acres7 mi SW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
1,369 acres17 mi NE of Zanzibar, TanzaniaActive
3,796 acres28 mi NNW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
28,479 acres13 mi NW of Kibiti, TanzaniaActive
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AreaLocationSinceStatus
880 acres50 mi S of Kibaha, TanzaniaActive
29,109 acres21 mi S of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
63,484 acres19 mi SW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
89,501 acres37 mi S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
1,851 acres11 mi NE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
823 acres36 mi E of Makumbako, TanzaniaActive
152,432 acres12 mi N of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
4,364 acres21 mi E of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
2,044 acres27 mi SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
1,169 acres34 mi SSW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
7,650 acres65 mi WSW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
1,332 acres4 mi W of Tanga, TanzaniaActive
2,728 acres66 mi SSW of Tabora, TanzaniaActive
2,908 acres18 mi SE of Dunda, TanzaniaActive
1,171 acres4 mi NNE of Makumbako, TanzaniaActive
5,706 acres24 mi SSE of Newala Kisimani, TanzaniaActive
1,453 acres18 mi ESE of Chimala, TanzaniaActive
11,335 acres18 mi SW of Kyela, TanzaniaActive
1,992 acres7 mi SE of Nkove, TanzaniaActive
2,632 acres14 mi SE of Namikupa, TanzaniaActive
2,970 acres31 mi WSW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
823 acres8 mi SW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
1,695 acres14 mi NNE of Manda, TanzaniaActive
1,772 acres25 mi SE of Newala Kisimani, TanzaniaActive
1,554 acresnear Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
1,164 acres33 mi SSW of Malinyi, TanzaniaActive
1,893 acres15 mi WNW of Nachingwea, TanzaniaActive
1,016 acres27 mi SSE of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
1,485 acres39 mi SSW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
1,021 acres32 mi NE of Mbekenyera, TanzaniaActive
5,273 acres19 mi NE of Manda, TanzaniaActive
1,023 acres60 mi N of Makongolosi, TanzaniaActive
7,532 acres33 mi SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
2,768 acres30 mi NNW of Songea, TanzaniaActive
2,854 acres6 mi SW of Mlangali, TanzaniaActive
768 acres12 mi SSE of Masuguru, TanzaniaActive
55,015 acres47 mi S of Mbeya, TanzaniaActive
1,515 acres39 mi ESE of Morogoro, TanzaniaActive
1,710 acres22 mi SW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
1,070 acres4 mi WSW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
3,497 acres40 mi NW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
4,196 acres32 mi SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
1,801 acres8 mi SSE of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
3,153 acres9 mi SSW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
1,507 acres4 mi SE of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
2,518 acres43 mi ESE of Ifakara, TanzaniaActive
2,130 acres7 mi SW of Kyela, TanzaniaActive
4,085 acres11 mi N of Utete, TanzaniaActive
929 acres27 mi SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
875 acres40 mi S of Malinyi, TanzaniaActive
9,793 acres26 mi SSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
2,325 acres35 mi E of Njombe, TanzaniaActive
1,161 acres17 mi SSW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
1,025 acres49 mi W of Dodoma, TanzaniaActive
1,159 acres10 mi SE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
5,229 acres7 mi E of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
3,054 acres26 mi SW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
7,809 acres15 mi WSW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
8,374 acres4 mi NNW of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
1,893 acres37 mi NNE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
1,164 acres46 mi NNE of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
783 acres7 mi NNW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
1,581 acres14 mi SW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
1,159 acres4 mi SSE of Nachingwea, TanzaniaActive
2,585 acres26 mi E of Masasi, TanzaniaActive
18,273 acres13 mi NNW of Tandahimba, TanzaniaActive
75,444 acres16 mi NNW of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
1,058 acres15 mi SE of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
2,488 acres9 mi NW of Kitangari, TanzaniaActive
1,843 acres11 mi N of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
1,574 acres11 mi NW of Tandahimba, TanzaniaActive
2,516 acres29 mi N of Songea, TanzaniaActive
872 acres65 mi NW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
1,455 acres29 mi NW of Songea, TanzaniaActive
766 acres23 mi SSE of Mahuta, TanzaniaActive
5,906 acres10 mi ENE of Songea, TanzaniaActive
907 acres15 mi SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
825 acres38 mi E of Njombe, TanzaniaActive
1,129 acres8 mi WSW of Tanga, TanzaniaActive
1,179 acres5 mi WNW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
1,670 acres6 mi WSW of Tanga, TanzaniaActive
1,668 acres13 mi NNW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
5,382 acres14 mi NNE of Liwale, TanzaniaInactive
3,296 acres15 mi S of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
3,010 acres14 mi SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,342 acres20 mi S of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
860 acres16 mi SE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,003 acres11 mi ESE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
2,632 acres19 mi E of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,379 acres39 mi WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
3,585 acres11 mi NE of Liwale, TanzaniaInactive
808 acres22 mi SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,055 acres21 mi E of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
811 acres37 mi E of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
909 acres26 mi W of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
15,316 acres29 mi S of Namalenga, TanzaniaInactive
922 acres44 mi S of Kisanga, TanzaniaInactive
1,102 acres38 mi ENE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,441 acres15 mi NE of Nanyamba, TanzaniaInactive
2,350 acres27 mi WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
862 acres20 mi NNE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
2,903 acres56 mi N of Songea, TanzaniaInactive
1,260 acres41 mi W of Mtwara, TanzaniaInactive
1,107 acres18 mi W of Lukuledi, TanzaniaInactive
6,563 acres9 mi SW of Mikumi, TanzaniaInactive
3,072 acres21 mi SE of Namikupa, TanzaniaInactive
6,996 acres28 mi S of Ifakara, TanzaniaInactive
1,453 acres11 mi WSW of Ruangwa, TanzaniaInactive
3,101 acres21 mi NW of Lindi, TanzaniaInactive
2,350 acres35 mi NW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
1,453 acres5 mi W of Liwale, TanzaniaInactive
1,658 acres34 mi S of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
2,083 acres19 mi WNW of Mtwara, TanzaniaInactive
50,995 acres6 mi SE of Mahanje, TanzaniaInactive
1,695 acres26 mi NNE of Mahanje, TanzaniaInactive
766 acres8 mi SE of Namikupa, TanzaniaInactive
2,765 acres29 mi NNE of Mahanje, TanzaniaInactive
4,230 acres37 mi SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaInactive
828 acres42 mi WNW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
1,841 acres9 mi NNE of Liwale, TanzaniaInactive
811 acres43 mi SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaInactive
1,967 acres15 mi E of Masuguru, TanzaniaInactive
3,249 acres34 mi SW of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
778 acres7 mi WNW of Mbekenyera, TanzaniaInactive
1,149 acres9 mi E of Nanyamba, TanzaniaInactive
1,114 acres20 mi SSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
823 acres41 mi S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaInactive
1,455 acres24 mi WSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
924 acres29 mi WNW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
1,794 acres8 mi SSE of Mahenge, TanzaniaInactive
2,239 acres31 mi S of Utete, TanzaniaInactive
1,295 acres9 mi WSW of Chiungutwa, TanzaniaInactive
924 acres41 mi SSE of Utete, TanzaniaInactive
2,471 acres30 mi S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaInactive
825 acres12 mi S of Maneromango, TanzaniaInactive
974 acres32 mi S of Ifakara, TanzaniaInactive
1,268 acres10 mi SE of Bungu, TanzaniaInactive
833 acres28 mi SSE of Ifakara, TanzaniaInactive
976 acres9 mi WSW of Utete, TanzaniaInactive
1,507 acres10 mi ENE of Bungu, TanzaniaInactive
1,984 acres9 mi SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaInactive
2,731 acres34 mi SW of Tanga, TanzaniaInactive
1,292 acres5 mi W of Newala Kisimani, TanzaniaInactive
828 acres10 mi NNE of Madizini, TanzaniaInactive
1,152 acres50 mi S of Songea, TanzaniaInactive
9,931 acres25 mi W of Mtwara, TanzaniaInactive
1,152 acres5 mi N of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
20,164 acres25 mi N of Lindi, TanzaniaInactive
959 acres21 mi NE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
5,320 acres30 mi SSW of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,485 acres41 mi WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
1,653 acres6 mi WSW of Ruangwa, TanzaniaInactive
6,069 acres15 mi NW of Lindi, TanzaniaInactive
1,053 acres22 mi SE of Masuguru, TanzaniaInactive
1,406 acres45 mi S of Liwale, TanzaniaInactive
1,769 acres26 mi S of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
15,340 acres20 mi ESE of Tingi, TanzaniaInactive
1,512 acres41 mi SSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
764 acres35 mi NW of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
3,630 acres22 mi S of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,821 acres21 mi ESE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,530 acres4 mi SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
1,263 acres20 mi WSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
15,511 acres13 mi SSE of Mtama, TanzaniaInactive
1,023 acres22 mi NW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
813 acres45 mi WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
811 acres48 mi WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
1,097 acres37 mi W of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
1,008 acres9 mi NW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
2,199 acres52 mi WSW of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
3,880 acres21 mi WSW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
3,541 acres7 mi NNW of Lindi, TanzaniaInactive
3,393 acres6 mi NNE of Mbekenyera, TanzaniaInactive
3,301 acres12 mi SW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
6,301 acres32 mi N of Lindi, TanzaniaInactive
2,113 acres25 mi SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaInactive
2,281 acres30 mi SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaInactive
6,217 acres18 mi SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaInactive
979 acres9 mi SSW of Maneromango, TanzaniaInactive
4,132 acres51 mi ESE of Inyonga, TanzaniaInactive
1,992 acres15 mi W of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaInactive
2,155 acres41 mi NE of Tunduru, TanzaniaInactive
4,653 acres34 mi S of Ifakara, TanzaniaInactive
2,731 acres38 mi WSW of Nangomba, TanzaniaInactive
872 acres32 mi S of Ifakara, TanzaniaInactive
3,141 acres36 mi ESE of Katumba, TanzaniaInactive
2,241 acres19 mi S of Namikupa, TanzaniaInactive
1,270 acres41 mi S of Kibaha, TanzaniaInactive
2,533 acres15 mi SSE of Mahuta, TanzaniaInactive
1,077 acres39 mi S of Kibaha, TanzaniaInactive

Largest fires on record

AreaLocationSinceStatus
152,432 acres12 mi N of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
141,045 acres29 mi N of Dunda, TanzaniaInactive
89,501 acres37 mi S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
75,444 acres16 mi NNW of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
63,484 acres19 mi SW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
55,015 acres47 mi S of Mbeya, TanzaniaActive
50,995 acres6 mi SE of Mahanje, TanzaniaInactive
47,118 acres27 mi N of Moshi, TanzaniaInactive
45,408 acres79 mi NE of Songea, TanzaniaInactive
43,211 acres44 mi SW of Masuguru, TanzaniaInactive
42,509 acres45 mi WNW of Kigoma, TanzaniaInactive
41,143 acres40 mi N of Nguruka, TanzaniaInactive
36,759 acres10 mi NNE of Mtama, TanzaniaInactive
35,059 acres18 mi SSE of Songea, TanzaniaInactive
35,037 acres13 mi NNW of Mikumi, TanzaniaInactive

Major fires per year

20252026
Year
2026711152,432 acres
20254475,444 acres

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