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Earthquakes in Democratic Republic of the Congo: live activity, map and history

Explore recent and historical earthquakes in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with live USGS-derived data, magnitude and depth statistics, regional hubs and an interactive globe.

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Events156
24h0
30 days0
12 months3
LargestM 6.2
avg_depth10.7 km
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Democratic Republic of the Congo

A high index means recent activity is high relative to the selected historical baseline. It does not mean that a larger earthquake is about to occur.

Quake Pulse Activity Index33/100Normal
Current 30 days0
Historical monthly median0.0
Historical percentileP33
M5+ in 30 days0
M6+ in 30 days0
Activity trendaround the historical range
Baseline months: 21Last calculation: 2026-09-03 06:17:39How the index works →
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Last 365 days3M4.5+ 3 · M6+ 0Max M 4.7
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Recent activity vs baseline

Counts describe detected earthquakes and are not a forecast or hazard assessment.

M4.5+ · 30d0
Monthly reference0.3
Relative activity×0.0
Historical maximumM 6.2

Recent earthquakes — Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Country activity: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Quake Pulse groups events assigned to Democratic Republic of the Congo from coordinate-based country boundaries, with a cautious text fallback for offshore events. The page combines recent activity with the historical catalogue so a short-lived sequence can be read in context.

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Reference localities

Locality hubs are inferred from recurring USGS reference-place descriptions.

Sake18 USGS referencesKabare14 USGS referencesCyangugu13 USGS referencesKindu9 USGS referencesKabalo8 USGS referencesKilembe7 USGS referencesKalemie7 USGS referencesNtungamo6 USGS referencesKisangani6 USGS referencesUvira6 USGS referencesBeni5 USGS referencesRumonge4 USGS referencesGoma4 USGS referencesBukama4 USGS referencesKarema4 USGS referencesKibuye4 USGS references

Recent local earthquakes

Times shown in UTC.

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 4.561 km W of Ntungamo, Uganda11.9 km2026-02-02 03:08:10 UTCView event →
M 4.732 km SSW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2025-12-08 12:19:46 UTCView event →
M 4.623 km SW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2025-11-24 12:22:10 UTCView event →
M 5.233 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi10.0 km2025-07-28 13:38:20 UTCView event →
M 4.539 km NNW of Ntungamo, Uganda10.0 km2025-05-04 18:11:37 UTCView event →
M 4.757 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda10.0 km2025-02-13 11:16:10 UTCView event →
M 4.5145 km NE of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2024-12-15 21:08:24 UTCView event →
M 4.6213 km SE of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2024-08-27 22:12:48 UTCView event →
M 4.642 km SSE of Kongolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2024-05-24 14:54:26 UTCView event →
M 4.542 km ESE of Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2024-01-19 05:24:28 UTCView event →
M 4.5199 km SW of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2024-01-02 04:50:13 UTCView event →
M 4.5182 km SE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2023-10-28 14:34:01 UTCView event →
M 5.2177 km SE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo9.5 km2023-10-26 19:00:25 UTCView event →
M 4.6194 km NNE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2023-09-09 18:21:29 UTCView event →
M 4.660 km NNW of Rukungiri, Uganda10.0 km2023-08-24 22:01:04 UTCView event →
M 4.646 km WSW of Ntungamo, Uganda10.0 km2023-06-15 09:04:04 UTCView event →
M 4.7Lake Edward region, Congo-Uganda14.8 km2023-03-27 18:20:35 UTCView event →
M 4.6108 km WNW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2023-02-19 04:03:37 UTCView event →
M 4.695 km NE of Kongolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo7.9 km2022-09-15 00:45:29 UTCView event →
M 4.647 km SSW of Kilembe, Uganda10.0 km2022-03-06 08:59:49 UTCView event →
M 4.5191 km SW of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2022-02-24 18:59:52 UTCView event →
M 4.741 km SSW of Rumonge, Burundi10.0 km2022-02-14 04:04:51 UTCView event →
M 5.0177 km SE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2022-01-26 02:06:10 UTCView event →
M 4.869 km S of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-09-18 12:56:30 UTCView event →
M 4.537 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2021-09-07 01:48:21 UTCView event →
M 5.088 km SW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-06-10 08:54:17 UTCView event →
M 4.54 km S of Gisenyi, Rwanda12.7 km2021-05-26 17:32:56 UTCView event →
M 4.79 km N of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-05-24 08:37:25 UTCView event →
M 4.52 km NNE of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-05-23 20:38:56 UTCView event →
M 4.692 km W of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-03-24 11:33:48 UTCView event →
M 4.7164 km ENE of Bukama, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-02-17 10:37:56 UTCView event →
M 4.559 km NW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-02-09 23:25:47 UTCView event →
M 4.6106 km NE of Boende, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2021-01-22 13:20:40 UTCView event →
M 5.032 km NW of Rumonge, Burundi10.0 km2020-08-24 14:13:13 UTCView event →
M 4.6106 km SW of Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2020-08-20 11:23:30 UTCView event →
M 4.840 km E of Demba, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2020-08-04 11:44:05 UTCView event →
M 4.631 km WSW of Nchelenge, Zambia10.0 km2020-07-25 19:43:24 UTCView event →
M 5.1150 km SW of Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2020-05-21 12:57:33 UTCView event →
M 4.656 km SSW of Kilembe, Uganda10.0 km2020-01-28 22:32:06 UTCView event →
M 4.518 km ENE of Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2020-01-08 17:54:36 UTCView event →
M 4.5213 km SSW of Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2020-01-04 20:00:57 UTCView event →
M 4.952 km SSW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-10-30 20:57:51 UTCView event →
M 5.147 km SW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-10-30 20:55:27 UTCView event →
M 4.6139 km ENE of Kongolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-10-12 18:20:28 UTCView event →
M 4.7169 km NE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-09-05 23:04:57 UTCView event →
M 5.0159 km NE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-09-05 18:50:05 UTCView event →
M 4.6133 km NNW of Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-07-12 13:31:11 UTCView event →
M 4.556 km NNE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo5.0 km2019-06-10 06:59:37 UTCView event →
M 4.737 km NNW of Kaputa, Zambia10.0 km2019-04-24 10:05:56 UTCView event →
M 4.542 km SSW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-04-19 08:56:46 UTCView event →
M 4.5195 km WNW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2019-04-18 08:18:27 UTCView event →
M 4.7136 km NE of Bukama, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2018-08-21 09:25:18 UTCView event →
M 4.5203 km SE of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2018-03-09 17:13:57 UTCView event →
M 4.9124 km NE of Bukama, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2018-02-05 16:37:48 UTCView event →
M 4.566 km W of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2018-01-09 09:01:00 UTCView event →
M 4.550 km WNW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2018-01-02 19:49:20 UTCView event →
M 4.620 km SSE of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2017-12-05 00:22:49 UTCView event →
M 4.826 km SSW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo12.3 km2017-12-02 17:20:26 UTCView event →
M 5.016 km SW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2017-11-30 21:48:35 UTCView event →
M 5.024 km S of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo12.2 km2017-09-15 17:45:46 UTCView event →
M 5.352 km SSW of Kilembe, Uganda10.0 km2017-07-30 07:02:29 UTCView event →
M 4.718 km SE of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2016-10-24 23:30:00 UTCView event →
M 4.5Lac Kivu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2016-09-23 15:07:46 UTCView event →
M 4.519 km NW of Kambove, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2016-06-03 18:14:53 UTCView event →
M 4.5120 km NNE of Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2016-05-02 08:30:41 UTCView event →
M 5.169 km W of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2016-02-04 12:43:59 UTCView event →
M 4.878 km SW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2015-12-19 13:26:05 UTCView event →
M 4.751 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda10.0 km2015-11-25 09:38:12 UTCView event →
M 4.592 km W of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2015-11-04 02:01:32 UTCView event →
M 4.523 km ESE of Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo18.4 km2015-09-12 12:32:04 UTCView event →
M 5.139 km SSW of Nchelenge, Zambia14.9 km2015-08-19 22:15:47 UTCView event →
M 5.543 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2015-08-07 01:28:37 UTCView event →
M 5.837 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda11.0 km2015-08-07 01:25:02 UTCView event →
M 5.1142 km ENE of Luau, Angola10.0 km2015-02-24 23:43:18 UTCView event →
M 4.6208 km NNE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2013-12-02 18:54:02 UTCView event →
M 4.9240 km NNE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2013-12-01 08:14:02 UTCView event →
M 5.3232 km NNE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo5.2 km2013-11-30 19:20:15 UTCView event →
M 4.5145 km ESE of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2013-11-23 09:07:29 UTCView event →
M 4.648 km SSW of Kilembe, Uganda10.0 km2013-07-05 13:42:21 UTCView event →
M 4.554 km SW of Rumonge, Burundi10.0 km2013-03-10 03:00:17 UTCView event →
M 4.8112 km WSW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2012-12-24 14:35:31 UTCView event →
M 4.6231 km NNE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2012-10-14 16:25:53 UTCView event →
M 4.764 km W of Nchelenge, Zambia10.0 km2012-06-14 18:40:08 UTCView event →
M 4.8220 km W of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2012-06-06 15:38:28 UTCView event →
M 4.5131 km NW of Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2012-04-25 07:24:19 UTCView event →
M 4.756 km WNW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2012-02-02 02:54:03 UTCView event →
M 4.632 km WSW of Kirando, Tanzania10.0 km2012-01-26 01:53:32 UTCView event →
M 4.953 km NE of Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2011-09-25 12:47:31 UTCView event →
M 4.940 km NNE of Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2010-12-12 20:34:20 UTCView event →
M 4.980 km SE of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2010-12-11 05:16:28 UTCView event →
M 4.950 km W of Ntungamo, Uganda10.0 km2010-01-28 23:52:30 UTCView event →
M 4.557 km WSW of Karema, Tanzania10.0 km2009-12-28 06:48:15 UTCView event →
M 4.8110 km SW of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2009-11-20 16:28:23 UTCView event →
M 5.368 km W of Karema, Tanzania10.0 km2009-11-14 04:50:17 UTCView event →
M 5.466 km W of Karema, Tanzania10.0 km2009-11-14 04:47:02 UTCView event →
M 5.252 km W of Kirando, Tanzania10.0 km2008-12-14 09:43:10 UTCView event →
M 5.035 km S of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2008-11-13 11:07:23 UTCView event →
M 5.350 km N of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo4.0 km2008-10-05 00:02:12 UTCView event →
M 5.266 km W of Kampene, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2008-04-20 07:30:44 UTCView event →
M 4.612 km NNE of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-27 02:07:59 UTCView event →
M 4.77 km NNW of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2008-02-15 04:04:53 UTCView event →
M 5.38 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-14 02:07:46 UTCView event →
M 4.74 km SSW of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-05 17:29:08 UTCView event →
M 4.66 km NNW of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-04 00:24:35 UTCView event →
M 4.88 km ESE of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-03 11:37:48 UTCView event →
M 4.922 km NNE of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-03 11:00:07 UTCView event →
M 5.011 km NE of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-03 10:56:09 UTCView event →
M 5.920 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda10.0 km2008-02-03 07:34:12 UTCView event →
M 4.629 km NNW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2007-09-07 23:20:00 UTCView event →
M 4.562 km SSW of Paidha, Uganda10.0 km2007-04-29 19:44:04 UTCView event →
M 4.525 km NNE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2006-08-22 21:24:14 UTCView event →
M 4.774 km SW of Bukama, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2006-07-15 10:04:31 UTCView event →
M 4.696 km W of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2006-03-09 03:41:21 UTCView event →
M 4.957 km W of Kawambwa, Zambia10.0 km2006-02-06 18:50:44 UTCView event →
M 5.174 km SSE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2005-12-08 11:51:22 UTCView event →
M 5.050 km SE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2005-12-08 03:16:34 UTCView event →
M 4.531 km SSW of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10.0 km2005-05-20 08:09:27 UTCView event →
M 4.543 km WNW of Kibuye, Rwanda10.0 km2005-01-30 21:16:09 UTCView event →
M 4.655 km NW of Ntungamo, Uganda10.0 km2003-08-25 02:05:57 UTCView event →
M 5.246 km NNW of Ntungamo, Uganda10.0 km2003-08-05 18:56:50 UTCView event →
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