M 3.6 earthquake – 20 km ESE of Gaborone, Botswana
·
Local time: Dec 20, 2020 · 12:44 (UTC+2)
MinorShallow · 5.0 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
Loading the map…
- Magnitude
- 3.6body-wave magnitude (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -24.715, 26.10414 km from Tlokweng
- Energy released
- 3.8 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 162"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 5.0max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 280USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Dec 6, 2020.
How strong was it?
Minor earthquake. It released 3.8 tons of TNT, 126 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Botswana.
- 6.5 132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 5.7 12 km WNW of Westonaria, South Africa May 14, 1974
- 5.5 5 km NNW of Orkney, South Africa Apr 7, 1977
- 5.4 3 km ESE of Orkney, South Africa Aug 5, 2014
- 5.3 0 km NE of Orkney, South Africa Oct 28, 1986
- 5.2 7 km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa Apr 3, 2017
- 5.2 5 km SSE of Orkney, South Africa Feb 10, 1997
- 5.2 5 km NNW of Klerksdorp, South Africa Jan 5, 1988