Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Qacha’s Nek
Qacha’s Nek, Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho · population 25,573. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 190025M4.5+, 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 Qacha’s Nek. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.1 28 km N of Maputsoe, Lesotho Feb 20, 1912
- 5.6 6 km S of Welkom, South Africa Oct 30, 1994
- 5.4 47 km S of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Oct 5, 1986
- 5.3 5 km SSE of Welkom, South Africa Jun 6, 1992
- 5.0 7 km WNW of Hennenman, South Africa Apr 18, 1984
- 4.9 8 km WNW of Virginia, South Africa Mar 22, 2019
- 4.9 14 km ENE of Welkom, South Africa Jul 13, 1998
- 4.9 48 km SSE of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Sep 29, 1989
- 4.9 4 km SW of Ventersburg, South Africa Mar 14, 1977
- 4.9 3 km ESE of Hennenman, South Africa Mar 9, 1973
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
- 4.5 11 km S of Welkom, South Africa Jan 25, 2020
- 4.2 47 km NW of Port Shepstone, South Africa Oct 31, 2019
- 4.4 27 km NNW of Theunissen, South Africa Jul 23, 2019
- 4.9 8 km WNW of Virginia, South Africa Mar 22, 2019
- 4.3 16 km NE of Theunissen, South Africa Sep 14, 2018
- 4.4 58 km S of Bloemfontein, South Africa Sep 15, 2017
- 4.3 4 km SSW of Nako, Lesotho Sep 5, 2016
- 4.5 10 km W of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho Aug 18, 2016
- 4.3 5 km NW of Virginia, South Africa Jul 19, 2016
- 3.7 South Africa Feb 6, 2016
- 4.3 19 km ESE of Sundumbili, South Africa Jun 16, 2015
- 4.2 25 km ESE of Ventersburg, South Africa Mar 20, 2015
- 4.8 8 km ESE of Welkom, South Africa Mar 1, 2015