Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Maputo
Maputo, Maputo City, Mozambique · population 1,254,837. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 19006M4.5+, 1 of them M6+
How often M6+126 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Maputo. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.3 38 km S of Driefontein, South Africa Oct 31, 1919
- 4.7 20 km SSE of Piet Retief, South Africa Feb 17, 1980
- 4.6 43 km WSW of Nelspruit, South Africa Jul 7, 2013
- 4.5 28 km WNW of Phalaborwa, South Africa Feb 16, 2018
- 4.5 22 km NW of Mhlambanyatsi, Eswatini Feb 7, 2000
- 4.5 26 km NNE of Vryheid, South Africa Mar 26, 1982
- 4.4 14 km S of Piet Retief, South Africa May 27, 2012
- 4.4 Mozambique May 8, 2010
- 4.3 5 km ENE of Carolina, South Africa Jul 19, 2018
- 4.1 25 km WSW of Phalaborwa, South Africa Jun 12, 2016
The latest nearby
- 3.7 36 km W of Mhlambanyatsi, Eswatini Jul 1, 2019
- 4.3 5 km ENE of Carolina, South Africa Jul 19, 2018
- 4.5 28 km WNW of Phalaborwa, South Africa Feb 16, 2018
- 4.1 25 km WSW of Phalaborwa, South Africa Jun 12, 2016
- 4.6 43 km WSW of Nelspruit, South Africa Jul 7, 2013
- 4.4 14 km S of Piet Retief, South Africa May 27, 2012
- 4.4 Mozambique May 8, 2010
- 3.7 185 km SSE of Xai-Xai, Mozambique Mar 16, 2000
- 4.5 22 km NW of Mhlambanyatsi, Eswatini Feb 7, 2000
- 4.5 26 km NNE of Vryheid, South Africa Mar 26, 1982
- 4.7 20 km SSE of Piet Retief, South Africa Feb 17, 1980
- 6.3 38 km S of Driefontein, South Africa Oct 31, 1919