Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Margate
Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · population 34,407. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 19007M4.5+, 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 Margate. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 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
- 4.6 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
- 4.5 23 km ESE of Port Saint John’s, South Africa Feb 12, 1988
- 4.3 4 km SSW of Nako, Lesotho Sep 5, 2016
- 4.3 19 km ESE of Sundumbili, South Africa Jun 16, 2015
- 4.3 43 km SE of Nako, Lesotho Jan 27, 2002
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
- 4.1 254 km SE of Port Saint John’s, South Africa Jun 22, 2021
- 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
- 4.3 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