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Earthquakes in Democratic Republic of the Congo

1,371 earthquakes catalogued in and around Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1910 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
4.2
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
08.07.2026 23:27 UTC · from centre 345 km
1,371
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1910–2026
record span
4.28
mean magnitude
1,302
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0761521910: 1 (M5+)19101914: 1 (M5+)1915: 1 (M5+)1919: 1 (M5+)19191922: 1 (M5+)19281929: 2 (M5+)19371940: 1 (M5+)1945: 2 (M5+)1946: 1 (M5+)19461949: 1 (M5+)1952: 2 (M5+)1954: 2 (M5+)1955: 1 (M5+)19551956: 1 (M5+)1957: 2 (M5+)1958: 1 (M4–5)1958: 2 (M5+)1959: 7 (M4–5)1959: 2 (M5+)1960: 2 (M4–5)1960: 4 (M5+)1961: 4 (M4–5)1961: 2 (M5+)1962: 1 (M5+)1963: 1 (M4–5)1963: 1 (M5+)1964: 1 (M4–5)19641965: 2 (M5+)1966: 20 (M4–5)1966: 12 (M5+)1967: 4 (M4–5)1967: 4 (M5+)1968: 2 (M4–5)1968: 4 (M5+)1969: 5 (M4–5)1970: 2 (M4–5)1972: 3 (M4–5)1972: 2 (M5+)1973: 8 (M4–5)1973: 1 (M5+)19731974: 1 (M3–4)1974: 6 (M4–5)1974: 2 (M5+)1975: 1 (M3–4)1975: 9 (M4–5)1975: 2 (M5+)1976: 1 (M3–4)1976: 7 (M4–5)1976: 4 (M5+)1977: 6 (M4–5)1977: 4 (M5+)1978: 8 (M4–5)1978: 1 (M5+)1979: 10 (M4–5)1979: 3 (M5+)1980: 1 (M3–4)1980: 9 (M4–5)1980: 1 (M5+)1981: 11 (M4–5)1981: 3 (M5+)1982: 6 (M3–4)1982: 12 (M4–5)1982: 3 (M5+)19821983: 2 (M3–4)1983: 14 (M4–5)1983: 5 (M5+)1984: 22 (M4–5)1984: 1 (M5+)1985: 1 (M3–4)1985: 14 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M5+)1986: 1 (M<3)1986: 3 (M3–4)1986: 19 (M4–5)1986: 1 (M5+)1987: 7 (M3–4)1987: 9 (M4–5)1988: 1 (M3–4)1988: 10 (M4–5)1988: 2 (M5+)1989: 7 (M4–5)1989: 2 (M5+)1990: 14 (M4–5)1990: 7 (M5+)1991: 2 (M3–4)1991: 10 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)19911992: 3 (M3–4)1992: 10 (M4–5)1992: 2 (M5+)1993: 3 (M3–4)1993: 7 (M4–5)1993: 1 (M5+)1994: 1 (M3–4)1994: 27 (M4–5)1994: 2 (M5+)1995: 16 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M5+)1996: 2 (M3–4)1996: 14 (M4–5)1996: 2 (M5+)1997: 6 (M3–4)1997: 21 (M4–5)1997: 5 (M5+)1998: 11 (M3–4)1998: 20 (M4–5)1998: 3 (M5+)1999: 1 (M<3)1999: 6 (M3–4)1999: 22 (M4–5)1999: 6 (M5+)2000: 7 (M3–4)2000: 15 (M4–5)2000: 1 (M5+)20002001: 3 (M3–4)2001: 11 (M4–5)2001: 1 (M5+)2002: 22 (M3–4)2002: 19 (M4–5)2002: 7 (M5+)2003: 1 (M3–4)2003: 16 (M4–5)2003: 3 (M5+)2004: 4 (M<3)2004: 4 (M3–4)2004: 15 (M4–5)2005: 2 (M<3)2005: 10 (M3–4)2005: 17 (M4–5)2005: 5 (M5+)2006: 2 (M<3)2006: 11 (M3–4)2006: 16 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M5+)2007: 2 (M<3)2007: 7 (M3–4)2007: 10 (M4–5)2007: 3 (M5+)2008: 2 (M<3)2008: 15 (M3–4)2008: 10 (M4–5)2008: 7 (M5+)2009: 9 (M3–4)2009: 16 (M4–5)2009: 3 (M5+)20092010: 9 (M3–4)2010: 11 (M4–5)2010: 1 (M5+)2011: 6 (M3–4)2011: 4 (M4–5)2011: 1 (M5+)2012: 10 (M3–4)2012: 9 (M4–5)2013: 9 (M3–4)2013: 13 (M4–5)2013: 7 (M5+)2014: 7 (M3–4)2014: 9 (M4–5)2014: 2 (M5+)2015: 8 (M3–4)2015: 9 (M4–5)2015: 2 (M5+)2016: 6 (M3–4)2016: 7 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M5+)2017: 9 (M3–4)2017: 30 (M4–5)2017: 4 (M5+)2018: 10 (M3–4)2018: 11 (M4–5)20182019: 7 (M3–4)2019: 17 (M4–5)2019: 2 (M5+)2020: 7 (M3–4)2020: 25 (M4–5)2021: 24 (M3–4)2021: 20 (M4–5)2021: 3 (M5+)2022: 7 (M<3)2022: 13 (M3–4)2022: 130 (M4–5)2022: 2 (M5+)2023: 11 (M3–4)2023: 17 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M5+)2024: 7 (M3–4)2024: 6 (M4–5)2025: 5 (M3–4)2025: 5 (M4–5)2025: 1 (M5+)2026: 6 (M3–4)2026: 3 (M4–5)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.613.12.1910 11:3715 km1088 km
7.108.07.1919 21:0615 km1182 km
7.120.05.1990 02:2213.8 km1548 km
7.024.05.1990 20:0025.5 km1534 km
6.805.12.2005 12:1914.7 km919 km
6.621.05.1915 04:1835 km1521 km
6.620.03.1966 01:4227.4 km1045 km
6.522.09.1960 09:0513.7 km811 km
6.516.04.1922 13:0715 km731 km
6.524.05.1990 19:3425.8 km1546 km
6.402.10.2000 02:2530.7 km1089 km
6.430.06.1952 21:0415 km997 km
6.322.09.1960 09:1415 km829 km
6.311.09.1992 03:5712.1 km593 km
6.309.07.1990 15:1117.5 km1528 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.208.07.2026 23:2710 km345 km
3.820.06.2026 23:430 km1047 km
3.707.05.2026 23:450 km1009 km
3.413.04.2026 17:1110 km869 km
4.312.03.2026 23:3910 km787 km
4.212.03.2026 02:0010 km809 km
3.910.02.2026 00:180 km1017 km
3.502.02.2026 03:080 km895 km
3.930.01.2026 10:020 km761 km
3.708.12.2025 12:1910 km787 km
4.428.11.2025 14:100 km1054 km
3.624.11.2025 12:2210 km782 km
4.401.11.2025 17:3010 km823 km
5.228.07.2025 13:3810 km833 km
4.318.05.2025 18:4310 km853 km
3.704.05.2025 18:1110 km943 km
4.204.05.2025 06:3410 km997 km
4.305.04.2025 15:1310 km848 km
3.913.02.2025 11:160 km985 km
3.404.01.2025 14:510 km843 km
4.515.12.2024 21:0810 km785 km
3.215.12.2024 21:0810 km785 km
3.730.11.2024 10:590 km907 km
4.316.09.2024 01:0710 km654 km
3.527.08.2024 22:120 km667 km
3.703.08.2024 03:1714.5 km1089 km
3.724.05.2024 14:5410 km638 km
5.002.05.2024 08:2710 km874 km
4.026.04.2024 17:2210 km940 km
3.629.02.2024 05:0410 km1098 km
4.102.02.2024 03:2310 km1090 km
4.319.01.2024 05:2410 km981 km
4.302.01.2024 04:508 km807 km
4.517.12.2023 11:510 km949 km
4.913.11.2023 18:5414.5 km1391 km
4.006.11.2023 01:5110 km905 km
3.929.10.2023 01:3510 km1205 km
4.128.10.2023 14:348 km792 km
5.326.10.2023 19:0011.1 km780 km
4.824.09.2023 14:2110 km887 km
4.023.09.2023 16:5210 km926 km
3.709.09.2023 18:2110 km628 km
3.531.08.2023 09:2710 km1157 km
4.029.08.2023 01:4610 km1090 km
4.824.08.2023 22:0110 km993 km
4.104.08.2023 22:0610 km887 km
3.207.07.2023 22:0012 km830 km
4.407.07.2023 22:0010 km827 km
3.515.06.2023 09:0410 km908 km
4.030.05.2023 13:4410 km800 km
4.111.05.2023 16:4910 km992 km
3.908.05.2023 16:0510 km996 km
3.512.04.2023 18:5910 km660 km
3.312.04.2023 03:5618 km1047 km
3.408.04.2023 12:4110 km1253 km
4.927.03.2023 18:2010 km922 km
4.204.03.2023 11:3214 km1055 km
4.404.03.2023 08:5414 km1048 km
3.504.03.2023 05:3414 km1056 km
4.128.02.2023 09:3014 km1059 km

Regions

Orientale654Katanga449North Kivu409South Kivu276Maniema265

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.