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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 event5.4 km²12 h ago6 km W of Tanga, 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 615 km².

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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
4.120 km ESE of Masumbwe, Tanzania10.0 km
5.119 km N of Masumbwe, Tanzania10.0 km
4.638 km NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania10.0 km
4.452 km S of Singida, Tanzania10.0 km
4.460 km SSE of Singida, Tanzania10.0 km
4.741 km NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania10.0 km
4.735 km NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania10.0 km
4.518 km E of Mtinko, Tanzania10.0 km
4.749 km NNW of Singida, Tanzania10.0 km
4.562 km E of Singida, Tanzania10.0 km
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MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
4.876 km NNE of Ngorongoro, Tanzania10.0 km
4.3149 km E of Ifakara, Tanzania10.0 km
4.0112 km E of Ifakara, Tanzania10.0 km
4.615 km ESE of Kwakoa, Tanzania10.0 km
4.462 km ESE of Singida, Tanzania10.0 km
5.348 km SE of Ikwiriri, Tanzania10.0 km
4.223 km E of Singida, Tanzania10.0 km
4.660 km SSE of Singida, Tanzania10.0 km
4.341 km NNE of Manyoni, Tanzania10.0 km
4.240 km S of Dodoma, Tanzania10.0 km
4.390 km SE of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania10.0 km

Strongest earthquakes on record

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
6.516 km W of Nkove, Tanzania34.0 km
6.4140 km ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania10.0 km
6.082 km SE of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania17.6 km
6.0141 km ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania10.0 km
5.923 km E of Mutukula, Tanzania40.0 km
5.979 km NNW of Arusha, Tanzania8.0 km
5.926 km WNW of Kirando, Tanzania10.0 km
5.961 km NNE of Sumbawanga, Tanzania25.2 km
5.852 km S of Kigoma, Tanzania20.2 km
5.7130 km ESE of Madimba, Tanzania10.0 km
5.771 km SSW of Mpanda, Tanzania10.0 km
5.615 km SSW of Kisanga, Tanzania6.0 km
5.653 km N of Sumbawanga, Tanzania10.0 km
5.6122 km ESE of Mtwara, Tanzania10.0 km
5.620 km ENE of Singida, Tanzania33.0 km

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 615 km².

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
5.4 km²6 km W of Tanga, TanzaniaActive
31 km²105 km WSW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
11 km²106 km SSW of Tabora, TanzaniaActive
12 km²29 km SE of Dunda, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²6 km NNE of Makumbako, TanzaniaActive
23 km²39 km SSE of Newala Kisimani, TanzaniaActive
5.9 km²30 km ESE of Chimala, TanzaniaActive
46 km²30 km SW of Kyela, TanzaniaActive
25 km²62 km NE of Songea, TanzaniaActive
8.1 km²11 km SE of Nkove, TanzaniaActive
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AreaLocationSinceStatus
11 km²22 km SE of Namikupa, TanzaniaActive
12 km²50 km WSW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²13 km SW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
6.9 km²23 km NNE of Manda, TanzaniaActive
7.2 km²41 km SE of Newala Kisimani, TanzaniaActive
6.3 km²near Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²54 km SSW of Malinyi, TanzaniaActive
7.7 km²24 km WNW of Nachingwea, TanzaniaActive
4.1 km²44 km SSE of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
6.0 km²63 km SSW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
4.1 km²52 km NE of Mbekenyera, TanzaniaActive
15 km²45 km NNW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
21 km²31 km NE of Manda, TanzaniaActive
4.1 km²96 km N of Makongolosi, TanzaniaActive
30 km²53 km SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
11 km²48 km NNW of Songea, TanzaniaActive
12 km²10 km SW of Mlangali, TanzaniaActive
3.1 km²19 km SSE of Masuguru, TanzaniaActive
223 km²76 km S of Mbeya, TanzaniaActive
6.1 km²63 km ESE of Morogoro, TanzaniaActive
6.9 km²36 km SW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
4.3 km²6 km WSW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
14 km²64 km NW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
17 km²52 km SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
7.3 km²13 km SSE of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
13 km²15 km SSW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
6.1 km²6 km SE of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
10 km²70 km ESE of Ifakara, TanzaniaActive
8.6 km²11 km SW of Kyela, TanzaniaActive
5.1 km²60 km SW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
17 km²17 km N of Utete, TanzaniaActive
3.8 km²44 km SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
3.5 km²64 km S of Malinyi, TanzaniaActive
40 km²42 km SSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
9.4 km²56 km E of Njombe, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²27 km SSW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
12 km²43 km NW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
4.2 km²80 km W of Dodoma, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²16 km SE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
21 km²11 km E of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
12 km²42 km SW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
32 km²25 km WSW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
5.5 km²27 km NE of Zanzibar, TanzaniaActive
114 km²21 km NW of Kibiti, TanzaniaActive
34 km²6 km NNW of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
7.7 km²59 km NNE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²73 km NNE of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
116 km²34 km S of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
254 km²31 km SW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
359 km²60 km S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
3.2 km²11 km NNW of Ilembula, TanzaniaActive
6.4 km²22 km SW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²7 km SSE of Nachingwea, TanzaniaActive
10 km²41 km E of Masasi, TanzaniaActive
74 km²21 km NNW of Tandahimba, TanzaniaActive
615 km²20 km N of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
305 km²26 km NNW of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
4.3 km²24 km SE of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
10 km²15 km NW of Kitangari, TanzaniaActive
7.5 km²17 km N of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
6.4 km²18 km NW of Tandahimba, TanzaniaActive
10 km²47 km N of Songea, TanzaniaActive
3.5 km²104 km NW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
5.9 km²46 km NW of Songea, TanzaniaActive
3.1 km²36 km SSE of Mahuta, TanzaniaActive
24 km²15 km ENE of Songea, TanzaniaActive
3.7 km²24 km SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²61 km E of Njombe, TanzaniaActive
4.6 km²12 km WSW of Tanga, TanzaniaActive
4.8 km²8 km WNW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
6.8 km²10 km WSW of Tanga, TanzaniaActive
6.8 km²21 km NNW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
22 km²22 km NNE of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
13 km²25 km S of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
12 km²22 km SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
5.4 km²32 km S of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
3.5 km²26 km SE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
4.1 km²18 km ESE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
11 km²30 km E of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
5.6 km²62 km WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
15 km²18 km NE of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²36 km SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
4.3 km²33 km E of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²60 km E of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
3.7 km²43 km W of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
62 km²47 km S of Namalenga, TanzaniaActive
3.7 km²71 km S of Kisanga, TanzaniaActive
4.5 km²61 km ENE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
5.8 km²25 km NE of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
9.5 km²43 km WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
3.5 km²32 km NNE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
12 km²90 km N of Songea, TanzaniaActive
5.1 km²67 km W of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
4.5 km²29 km W of Lukuledi, TanzaniaActive
27 km²15 km SW of Mikumi, TanzaniaActive
12 km²34 km SE of Namikupa, TanzaniaActive
28 km²45 km S of Ifakara, TanzaniaActive
5.9 km²17 km WSW of Ruangwa, TanzaniaActive
13 km²33 km NW of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
9.5 km²56 km NW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
5.9 km²9 km W of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
6.7 km²54 km S of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
8.4 km²31 km WNW of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
206 km²10 km SE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
6.9 km²42 km NNE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
3.1 km²13 km SE of Namikupa, TanzaniaActive
11 km²46 km NNE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
17 km²60 km SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
3.4 km²67 km WNW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
7.5 km²15 km NNE of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²69 km SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
8.0 km²24 km E of Masuguru, TanzaniaActive
13 km²55 km SW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
17 km²34 km E of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
3.2 km²12 km WNW of Mbekenyera, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²14 km E of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
4.5 km²32 km SSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²66 km S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
5.9 km²38 km WSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
3.7 km²47 km WNW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
7.3 km²13 km SSE of Mahenge, TanzaniaActive
9.1 km²49 km S of Utete, TanzaniaActive
30 km²12 km N of Kibiti, TanzaniaActive
5.2 km²14 km WSW of Chiungutwa, TanzaniaActive
3.7 km²66 km SSE of Utete, TanzaniaActive
10 km²48 km S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²19 km S of Maneromango, TanzaniaActive
8.1 km²44 km SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
3.9 km²52 km S of Ifakara, TanzaniaActive
5.1 km²16 km SE of Bungu, TanzaniaActive
3.4 km²45 km SSE of Ifakara, TanzaniaActive
4.0 km²14 km WSW of Utete, TanzaniaActive
6.1 km²16 km ENE of Bungu, TanzaniaActive
11 km²74 km S of Kibaha, TanzaniaActive
4.5 km²55 km SSW of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaActive
8.0 km²14 km SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
11 km²54 km SW of Tanga, TanzaniaActive
5.2 km²7 km W of Newala Kisimani, TanzaniaActive
3.4 km²17 km NNE of Madizini, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²80 km S of Songea, TanzaniaActive
40 km²40 km W of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²8 km N of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
82 km²41 km N of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
90 km²15 km SE of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
3.9 km²34 km NE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
22 km²48 km SSW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
6.0 km²66 km WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
6.7 km²10 km WSW of Ruangwa, TanzaniaActive
25 km²24 km NW of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
4.3 km²36 km SE of Masuguru, TanzaniaActive
5.7 km²72 km S of Liwale, TanzaniaActive
7.2 km²42 km S of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
62 km²33 km ESE of Tingi, TanzaniaActive
6.1 km²65 km SSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
3.1 km²56 km NW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
15 km²36 km S of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
7.4 km²33 km ESE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
6.2 km²7 km SSE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
5.1 km²32 km WSW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
63 km²20 km SSE of Mtama, TanzaniaActive
4.1 km²35 km NW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²72 km WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
3.3 km²78 km WNW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
4.4 km²60 km W of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
4.1 km²15 km NW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
8.9 km²84 km WSW of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
16 km²33 km WSW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
14 km²12 km NNW of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
14 km²9 km NNE of Mbekenyera, TanzaniaActive
13 km²19 km SW of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
26 km²52 km N of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
8.6 km²40 km SSE of Mtwara, TanzaniaActive
9.2 km²49 km SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
25 km²28 km SSE of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
4.0 km²14 km SSW of Maneromango, TanzaniaActive
17 km²82 km ESE of Inyonga, TanzaniaActive
8.1 km²25 km W of Kilwa Masoko, TanzaniaActive
8.7 km²67 km NE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
19 km²54 km S of Ifakara, TanzaniaActive
11 km²62 km WSW of Nangomba, TanzaniaActive
3.5 km²52 km S of Ifakara, TanzaniaActive
13 km²58 km ESE of Katumba, TanzaniaActive
3.6 km²81 km S of Kibaha, TanzaniaActive
9.1 km²31 km S of Namikupa, TanzaniaActive
5.1 km²66 km S of Kibaha, TanzaniaActive
10 km²23 km SSE of Mahuta, TanzaniaActive
4.4 km²62 km S of Kibaha, TanzaniaActive
4.7 km²34 km N of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
7.2 km²80 km NE of Tunduru, TanzaniaActive
3.9 km²7 km WSW of Ruangwa, TanzaniaActive

Largest fires on record

AreaLocationSinceStatus
615 km²20 km N of Nanyamba, TanzaniaActive
571 km²47 km N of Dunda, TanzaniaInactive
359 km²60 km S of Ikwiriri, TanzaniaActive
305 km²26 km NNW of Lindi, TanzaniaActive
254 km²31 km SW of Mlimba, TanzaniaActive
223 km²76 km S of Mbeya, TanzaniaActive
206 km²10 km SE of Mahanje, TanzaniaActive
191 km²44 km N of Moshi, TanzaniaInactive
184 km²127 km NE of Songea, TanzaniaInactive
175 km²71 km SW of Masuguru, TanzaniaInactive
172 km²73 km WNW of Kigoma, TanzaniaInactive
167 km²64 km N of Nguruka, TanzaniaInactive
149 km²16 km NNE of Mtama, TanzaniaActive
142 km²29 km SSE of Songea, TanzaniaInactive
142 km²21 km NNW of Mikumi, TanzaniaInactive

Major fires per year

20252026
Year
2026711615 km²
202544305 km²

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