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Earthquakes in Botswana
Every earthquake in and around Botswana since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year0M2.5+
Magnitude 6+1since 1900
StrongestM 6.52017 · 132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Botswana
- 6.5 132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 5.9 42 km NNW of Maun, Botswana Sep 11, 1952
- 5.8 43 km NNW of Maun, Botswana Oct 11, 1952
- 5.0 137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana Apr 5, 2017
- 5.0 92 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 4.9 55 km NNE of Botlhapatlou, Botswana Aug 12, 2017
- 4.9 140 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Jul 4, 2017
- 4.7 136 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Nov 1, 2017
- 4.7 137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana Apr 8, 2017
- 4.7 129 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.6 100 km N of Maun, Botswana Jun 5, 2023
- 3.6 20 km ESE of Gaborone, Botswana Dec 20, 2020
- 4.7 136 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Nov 1, 2017
- 4.9 55 km NNE of Botlhapatlou, Botswana Aug 12, 2017
- 4.9 140 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Jul 4, 2017
- 4.2 120 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Jun 21, 2017
- 4.7 137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana Apr 8, 2017
- 4.5 124 km NNE of Khudumelapye, Botswana Apr 6, 2017
- 5.0 137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana Apr 5, 2017
- 4.0 Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 4.6 136 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 4.7 129 km W of Moijabana, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 5.0 92 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 6.5 132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 4.0 139 km NNE of Maun, Botswana May 1, 2009