Africa
Earthquakes in South Africa
Every earthquake in and around South Africa 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 days1M2.5+
Past year2M2.5+
Magnitude 6+4since 1900
StrongestM 6.81932 · 120 km ESE of Richards Bay, South Africa
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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 South Africa
- 6.8 120 km ESE of Richards Bay, South Africa Dec 31, 1932
- 6.3 15 km NNE of Ceres, South Africa Sep 29, 1969
- 6.3 38 km S of Driefontein, South Africa Oct 31, 1919
- 6.1 28 km N of Maputsoe, Lesotho Feb 20, 1912
- 5.9 77 km SE of Ritchie, South Africa Jul 1, 1976
- 5.7 10 km WNW of Welkom, South Africa Apr 22, 1999
- 5.7 12 km WNW of Westonaria, South Africa May 14, 1974
- 5.7 10 km NNE of Ceres, South Africa Apr 14, 1970
- 5.6 6 km S of Welkom, South Africa Oct 30, 1994
- 5.5 0 km S of Welkom, South Africa Jan 25, 1989
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 3.6 17 km E of Orkney, South Africa Oct 7, 2026
- 4.2 10 km E of Orkney, South Africa Feb 8, 2026
- 4.3 15 km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa Sep 10, 2025
- 4.8 7 km SE of Orkney, South Africa Jul 10, 2025
- 4.8 4 km NNE of Orkney, South Africa Apr 17, 2025
- 5.2 89 km W of Brandvlei, South Africa Dec 22, 2024
- 4.4 9 km NE of Fochville, South Africa May 22, 2024
- 4.4 12 km SE of Stilfontein, South Africa May 15, 2024
- 4.4 5 km NW of Allanridge, South Africa Apr 30, 2024
- 3.4 10 km ENE of Westonaria, South Africa Mar 31, 2024
- 3.8 53 km ENE of Zeerust, South Africa Mar 2, 2024
- 3.2 8 km NE of Westonaria, South Africa Feb 6, 2024
- 4.3 10 km ENE of Orkney, South Africa Jan 23, 2024
- 4.5 16 km ESE of Orkney, South Africa Jan 4, 2024
- 4.6 6 km W of Orkney, South Africa Nov 17, 2023