Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Howick
Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · population 32,453. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 190012M4.5+, 3 of them M6+
How often M6+42 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Howick. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.8 120 km ESE of Richards Bay, South Africa Dec 31, 1932
- 6.3 38 km S of Driefontein, South Africa Oct 31, 1919
- 6.1 28 km N of Maputsoe, Lesotho Feb 20, 1912
- 5.4 47 km S of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Oct 5, 1986
- 4.9 48 km SSE of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Sep 29, 1989
- 4.7 20 km SSE of Piet Retief, South Africa Feb 17, 1980
- 4.6 44 km NNE of Greytown, South Africa Nov 5, 2022
- 4.6 South Africa Feb 12, 1988
- 4.5 43 km NNE of Kokstad, South Africa Nov 6, 2022
- 4.5 10 km W of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Aug 18, 2016
The latest nearby
- 4.5 43 km NNE of Kokstad, South Africa Nov 6, 2022
- 4.6 44 km NNE of Greytown, South Africa Nov 5, 2022
- 4.2 47 km NW of Port Shepstone, South Africa Oct 31, 2019
- 4.3 4 km SSW of Nako, Lesotho Sep 5, 2016
- 4.5 10 km W of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Aug 18, 2016
- 3.7 South Africa Feb 6, 2016
- 4.3 19 km ESE of Sundumbili, South Africa Jun 16, 2015
- 4.4 14 km S of Piet Retief, South Africa May 27, 2012
- 4.3 43 km SE of Nako, Lesotho Jan 27, 2002
- 4.3 25 km S of Nako, Lesotho Jan 27, 2002
- 4.9 48 km SSE of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Sep 29, 1989
- 4.6 South Africa Feb 12, 1988
- 4.5 23 km ESE of Port Saint John’s, South Africa Feb 12, 1988
- 5.4 47 km S of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Oct 5, 1986
- 4.5 26 km NNE of Vryheid, South Africa Mar 26, 1982