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Binga, Zimbabwe (157.8 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : leeping and was woken up by the shaking of the bed and the rattling of the windows in my bedroom. | One user found this interesting.
Date & time | Jan 24, 2021 03:42:35 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Jan 24, 2021 at 5:42 am (GMT +2) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 3.1 |
Depth | 10.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 17.616°S / 27.208°E ![]() |
Antipode | 17.616°N / 152.792°W |
Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking |
Felt | 1 report |
Primary data source | CGS (Council for Geoscience, South African National Seismograph Network) |
Nearby towns and cities | 14 km (9 mi) W of Binga (Matabeleland North) (pop: 4,330) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (18 mi) SSE of Maamba (Southern, Zambia) (pop: 12,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) SW of Sinasongwe (Southern, Zambia) (pop: 11,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) N of Kamitivi (Matabeleland North) (pop: 1,580) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) SSE of Choma (Southern, Zambia) (pop: 46,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 112 km (70 mi) NE of Hwange (Matabeleland North) (pop: 33,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 146 km (90 mi) E of libingseuteon (Southern, Zambia) (pop: 109,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 150 km (93 mi) ENE of Victoria Falls (Matabeleland North) (pop: 35,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 408 km (254 mi) W of Harare (pop: 1,542,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds ![]() |
Estimated seismic energy released | 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
3.1 | 10 km | South Africa Region, Zambia | CGS |