M 4.0 earthquake – Botswana
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Local time: Apr 4, 2017 · 01:16 (UTC+2)
LightShallow · 16 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 16 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -22.576, 25.126138 km from Letlhakane
- Energy released
- 15 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 3M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 246USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Apr 3, 2017.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 15 tons of TNT, 32 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
3 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Botswana.
- 6.5 132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana Apr 3, 2017
- 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
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.