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Historic Earthquake
1919 Tanzania Earthquake
8 July 1919 · Rukwa · Tanzania
On 8 July 1919 at 21:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Tanzania (Rukwa). It occurred on the African Plate, 37 km from its boundary with the Somali Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 8 July 1919
- Time
- 21:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Plate
- African Plate
- Country
- Tanzania
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1910Rukwa · M 7.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth