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Natural Disasters in Tanzania

22 significant events

Significant natural disasters recorded within Tanzania, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1910 CEEarthquake — Tanzania, Rukwa (Mw 7.3)
  2. 2.1919 CEEarthquake — Tanzania, Rukwa (Mw 7)
  3. 3.1919 CEEarthquake — 17 km SSW of Sumbawanga, Tanzania (Mw 6.97)
  4. 4.1910 CEEarthquake — 39 km WSW of Karema, Tanzania (Mw 6.9)
  5. 5.2005 CEEarthquake — Congo, Kalemie (Mw 6.8)· 6 deaths
  6. 6.2005 CEEarthquake — 76 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mwc 6.8)
  7. 7.2000 CEEarthquake — Tanzania, Nkansi, Rukwa (Mw 6.5)
  8. 8.2000 CEEarthquake — 15 km W of Nkove, Tanzania (Mwb 6.5)
  9. 9.1964 CEEarthquake — 28 km W of Dongobesh, Tanzania (Mw 6.5)
  10. 10.1942 CEEarthquake — 38 km S of Mbamba Bay, Tanzania (Mw 6.39)
  11. 11.1952 CEEarthquake — 27 km SE of Makamba, Burundi (Mw 6.2)
  12. 12.1949 CEEarthquake — 13 km W of Sumbawanga, Tanzania (Mw 6.01)
  13. 13.1964 CEEarthquake — Tanzania (M 6)· 1 deaths
  14. 14.2020 CEEarthquake — 66 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania (Mww 6)
  15. 15.1966 CEVolcanic Eruption — Lengai, Ol Doinyo, Tanzania (VEI 4)
  16. 16.2000 CEFlood — United Republic of Tanzania· 3,600 deaths
  17. 17.2002 CEFlood — Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania· 160 deaths
  18. 18.1990 CEFlood — United Republic of Tanzania· 100 deaths
  19. 19.2014 CEFlood — Burundi· 69 deaths
  20. 20.1997 CEFlood — United Republic of Tanzania· 61 deaths
  21. 21.1993 CEFlood — United Republic of Tanzania· 54 deaths
  22. 22.1988 CEFlood — Rwanda· 52 deaths

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