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Earthquakes in Botswana

2,071 earthquakes catalogued in and around Botswana between 1919 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.3
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
03.08.2026 07:24 UTC · from centre 553 km
2,071
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1919–2026
record span
3.24
mean magnitude
1,558
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

02525051919: 1 (M5+)19191928193719461952: 2 (M5+)19551958: 1 (M5+)19641966: 1 (M5+)1971: 1 (M4–5)1973: 8 (M4–5)1973: 8 (M5+)19731974: 1 (M4–5)1974: 4 (M5+)1975: 2 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M4–5)1977: 1 (M4–5)1977: 1 (M5+)1979: 5 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M5+)1980: 6 (M4–5)1980: 1 (M5+)1981: 5 (M3–4)1981: 10 (M4–5)1982: 7 (M4–5)19821983: 1 (M3–4)1983: 3 (M4–5)1983: 1 (M5+)1984: 8 (M4–5)1984: 2 (M5+)1985: 3 (M4–5)1986: 6 (M3–4)1986: 11 (M4–5)1986: 2 (M5+)1987: 14 (M3–4)1987: 7 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M5+)1988: 6 (M3–4)1988: 5 (M4–5)1988: 2 (M5+)1989: 7 (M3–4)1989: 3 (M4–5)1990: 57 (M<3)1990: 21 (M3–4)1990: 7 (M4–5)1991: 25 (M3–4)1991: 4 (M4–5)1991: 2 (M5+)19911992: 19 (M3–4)1992: 6 (M4–5)1993: 356 (M<3)1993: 133 (M3–4)1993: 16 (M4–5)1994: 214 (M<3)1994: 66 (M3–4)1994: 11 (M4–5)1995: 33 (M<3)1995: 18 (M3–4)1995: 9 (M4–5)1996: 63 (M<3)1996: 8 (M3–4)1996: 16 (M4–5)1997: 3 (M3–4)1997: 21 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M5+)1998: 1 (M3–4)1998: 15 (M4–5)1999: 2 (M3–4)1999: 12 (M4–5)2000: 3 (M3–4)2000: 17 (M4–5)20002001: 2 (M3–4)2001: 14 (M4–5)2002: 15 (M4–5)2003: 2 (M<3)2003: 6 (M4–5)2004: 3 (M<3)2004: 9 (M4–5)2005: 3 (M<3)2005: 3 (M3–4)2005: 11 (M4–5)2006: 3 (M<3)2006: 3 (M3–4)2006: 16 (M4–5)2007: 4 (M<3)2007: 7 (M4–5)2008: 7 (M<3)2008: 2 (M3–4)2008: 10 (M4–5)2009: 2 (M<3)2009: 4 (M3–4)2009: 9 (M4–5)2009: 1 (M5+)20092010: 1 (M<3)2010: 4 (M3–4)2010: 10 (M4–5)2011: 2 (M3–4)2011: 6 (M4–5)2012: 2 (M3–4)2012: 3 (M4–5)2013: 1 (M3–4)2013: 7 (M4–5)2014: 24 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M5+)2015: 8 (M<3)2015: 11 (M3–4)2015: 33 (M4–5)2016: 16 (M<3)2016: 15 (M3–4)2016: 35 (M4–5)2017: 7 (M3–4)2017: 12 (M4–5)2017: 2 (M5+)2018: 2 (M3–4)2018: 16 (M4–5)20182019: 6 (M3–4)2019: 6 (M4–5)2020: 37 (M<3)2020: 11 (M3–4)2020: 10 (M4–5)2021: 14 (M3–4)2021: 10 (M4–5)2022: 1 (M<3)2022: 35 (M3–4)2022: 13 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M<3)2023: 48 (M3–4)2023: 7 (M4–5)2024: 65 (M3–4)2024: 10 (M4–5)2024: 2 (M5+)2025: 64 (M3–4)2025: 5 (M4–5)2026: 49 (M<3)2026: 13 (M3–4)2026: 2 (M4–5)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
6.531.10.1919 15:3635 km625 km
6.503.04.2017 17:4020.5 km68 km
6.016.07.1958 21:58—568 km
5.711.09.1952 08:2315 km333 km
5.714.05.1974 06:5122 km529 km
5.611.10.1952 01:2415 km334 km
5.507.04.1977 11:5411 km553 km
5.505.08.2014 10:227.8 km553 km
5.412.12.2024 13:1410 km640 km
5.328.10.1986 15:048.2 km561 km
5.226.03.1966 09:4210 km460 km
5.229.08.1973 15:0633 km471 km
5.206.06.1983 10:485 km548 km
5.203.04.2017 03:085 km556 km
5.201.02.1974 15:4933 km514 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.303.08.2026 07:2410 km553 km
2.603.08.2026 02:2410 km484 km
2.102.08.2026 14:0710 km540 km
2.202.08.2026 11:4710 km643 km
2.901.08.2026 12:0710 km624 km
2.030.07.2026 14:5010 km620 km
2.429.07.2026 20:2410 km541 km
2.629.07.2026 17:3710 km534 km
2.629.07.2026 15:0510 km586 km
2.729.07.2026 07:4010 km556 km
3.026.07.2026 14:5510 km637 km
2.726.07.2026 14:4710 km594 km
2.726.07.2026 11:2510 km592 km
2.224.07.2026 18:0010 km540 km
2.423.07.2026 16:1210 km587 km
2.223.07.2026 13:3910 km624 km
2.323.07.2026 10:2110 km483 km
2.322.07.2026 12:5510 km591 km
2.021.07.2026 13:4510 km575 km
2.220.07.2026 17:1810 km621 km
2.220.07.2026 11:5010 km557 km
2.019.07.2026 15:3610 km558 km
2.419.07.2026 11:3610 km541 km
2.119.07.2026 07:1110 km595 km
2.818.07.2026 13:5510 km607 km
2.231.05.2026 18:4210 km563 km
2.431.05.2026 00:4810 km546 km
2.729.05.2026 12:4510 km559 km
2.029.05.2026 11:5310 km644 km
2.027.05.2026 14:2010 km630 km
2.526.05.2026 15:2010 km578 km
3.224.05.2026 14:5110 km615 km
2.224.05.2026 10:1210 km506 km
2.423.05.2026 11:0010 km637 km
3.023.05.2026 07:0710 km548 km
2.722.05.2026 23:4810 km542 km
2.322.05.2026 13:0310 km491 km
2.021.05.2026 16:0310 km485 km
2.421.05.2026 11:4810 km587 km
2.920.05.2026 10:4910 km310 km
2.819.05.2026 07:0210 km542 km
2.418.05.2026 14:2010 km594 km
2.518.05.2026 12:5610 km548 km
2.315.05.2026 02:0310 km549 km
2.014.05.2026 02:3510 km548 km
2.112.05.2026 19:3710 km542 km
2.012.05.2026 14:5410 km644 km
2.011.05.2026 01:1110 km544 km
2.510.05.2026 15:5310 km544 km
2.708.05.2026 16:2010 km544 km
2.207.05.2026 04:2310 km546 km
2.106.05.2026 13:2910 km643 km
3.016.04.2026 06:2210 km540 km
3.210.04.2026 14:1410 km182 km
3.007.04.2026 05:5010 km447 km
3.601.04.2026 22:5910 km532 km
4.330.03.2026 09:0110 km311 km
3.025.03.2026 11:3410 km555 km
3.002.03.2026 20:3910 km520 km
4.008.02.2026 17:100 km556 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.