Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
EarthquakesSofala
Earthquakes near Sofala
M5+ · Since 19503≤ 150 km
Last 30 days0≤ 300 km
StrongestM5.51973
33.08° S, 149.70° EElevation 588 mUTC+11 · Australian Eastern Daylight Time
When to goSofala · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low20° / 9°
Since 1950, 3 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more have struck within 150 km of Sofala; the strongest was M5.5, 9 March 1973. In the last 30 days 0 earthquakes were recorded within 300 km. 5 significant earthquakes on record hit the area.
Last 30 days · ≤ 300 km
None in this period.
M5+ · Since 1950 · ≤ 150 km
| 5.5 | 128 km | 9 March 1973 |
| 5.3 | 143 km | 6 August 1994 |
| 5.1 | 133 km | 22 April 2025 |
Significant earthquakes on record · ≤ 300 km
| 1994 | 143 km | M5.3 | |
| 1989 | 179 km | M5.4 | 12 deaths |
| 1973 | 128 km | M5.3 | |
| 1961 | 179 km | M5.6 | |
| 1868 | 177 km | M5.3 | Tsunami |