OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US7000TW76

Magnitude 5.1, 19 km NNW of Masumbwe, Tanzania.

Occurred 2 hours ago (2026-11-05 09:22 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 39 minutes ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake, 10 km deep, at 5 Nov 09:22 UTC, with 15 felt reports submitted. USGS places it "19 km NNW of Masumbwe, Tanzania".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 5.1 · 2026-11-05 09:22 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 5.3 on 11 Dec 1983 ("40 km SW of Kahama, Tanzania"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.1 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.

Epicentre at -3.464, 32.149 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us7000tw76 · reviewed · origin 2026-11-05 09:22 UTC · record updated 2026-11-05 10:38 UTC · -3.464, 32.149 · depth 10.0 km · significance 408 · 15 felt reports submittedOccurred 2 hours ago · record revised 39 minutes ago · fetched 2026-11-05 11:18 UTC. The evidence class is OBSERVED because the USGS reports it happened; how recent the event or the revision is changes nothing about that. Felt reports are the “Did You Feel It?” reports people sent the USGS, not a count of who felt it. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). This page is regenerated from the USGS event id and is not stored by yank.

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