Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Hwange
Hwange, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe · population 39,750. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 190029M4.5+, 0 of them M6+
How often M6+—none on record nearby
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Hwange. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 5.7 32 km WSW of Siavonga, Zambia Sep 23, 1963
- 5.6 44 km ESE of Gwembe, Zambia Dec 18, 1972
- 5.6 41 km WSW of Namwala, Zambia May 15, 1968
- 5.5 38 km SW of Siavonga, Zambia Sep 25, 1963
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Siavonga, Zambia Sep 23, 1963
- 5.2 61 km SE of Gwembe, Zambia Dec 12, 1972
- 5.2 21 km ESE of Livingstone, Zambia Feb 1, 1974
- 5.2 51 km SE of Gwembe, Zambia May 8, 1973
- 5.1 45 km ESE of Gwembe, Zambia Aug 1, 1974
- 5.1 42 km E of Gwembe, Zambia Mar 11, 1973
The latest nearby
- 4.1 39 km SW of Siavonga, Zambia Aug 2, 2022
- 4.7 14 km SE of Binga, Zimbabwe May 24, 2022
- 4.3 9 km ESE of Binga, Zimbabwe Aug 9, 2021
- 4.5 61 km ENE of Sinazongwe, Zambia Nov 7, 2019
- 4.5 40 km NNE of Sinazongwe, Zambia Feb 3, 2012
- 5.0 54 km WSW of Namwala, Zambia Jul 21, 2011
- 4.3 18 km WSW of Binga, Zimbabwe Nov 26, 2010
- 4.1 9 km SW of Sinazongwe, Zambia May 24, 2009
- 4.0 139 km NNE of Maun, Botswana May 1, 2009
- 4.7 46 km SW of Lupane, Zimbabwe Mar 15, 2008
- 4.1 43 km ESE of Sinazongwe, Zambia May 27, 2004
- 4.8 40 km SSW of Siavonga, Zambia Feb 3, 2001
- 5.0 52 km NNW of Kasane, Botswana May 10, 1991
- 4.9 67 km NNW of Kasane, Botswana Feb 17, 1987
- 4.5 48 km WSW of Namwala, Zambia Aug 21, 1982