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Earthquakes in Gauteng

1,204 earthquakes catalogued in and around Gauteng 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 63 km
1,204
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1919–2026
record span
3.15
mean magnitude
1,117
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

01563121919: 1 (M5+)1919192819371946195519641971: 1 (M4–5)1973: 7 (M4–5)1973: 7 (M5+)19731974: 1 (M4–5)1974: 3 (M5+)1975: 2 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M4–5)1977: 1 (M4–5)1977: 1 (M5+)1979: 4 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M5+)1980: 4 (M4–5)1980: 1 (M5+)1981: 4 (M3–4)1981: 5 (M4–5)1982: 3 (M4–5)19821983: 1 (M3–4)1983: 2 (M4–5)1983: 1 (M5+)1984: 4 (M4–5)1984: 2 (M5+)1985: 1 (M4–5)1986: 4 (M3–4)1986: 6 (M4–5)1986: 2 (M5+)1987: 13 (M3–4)1987: 3 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M5+)1988: 5 (M3–4)1988: 2 (M5+)1989: 6 (M3–4)1989: 2 (M4–5)1990: 46 (M<3)1990: 13 (M3–4)1990: 4 (M4–5)1991: 16 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)19911992: 14 (M3–4)1992: 4 (M4–5)1993: 225 (M<3)1993: 81 (M3–4)1993: 6 (M4–5)1994: 135 (M<3)1994: 35 (M3–4)1994: 3 (M4–5)1995: 17 (M<3)1995: 10 (M3–4)1995: 4 (M4–5)1996: 46 (M<3)1996: 5 (M3–4)1996: 4 (M4–5)1997: 2 (M3–4)1997: 11 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M5+)1998: 6 (M4–5)1999: 2 (M3–4)1999: 5 (M4–5)2000: 3 (M3–4)2000: 10 (M4–5)20002001: 1 (M3–4)2001: 4 (M4–5)2002: 6 (M4–5)2003: 2 (M<3)2003: 4 (M4–5)2004: 3 (M<3)2004: 2 (M4–5)2005: 3 (M<3)2005: 2 (M3–4)2005: 3 (M4–5)2006: 3 (M<3)2006: 3 (M3–4)2006: 9 (M4–5)2007: 4 (M<3)2007: 3 (M4–5)2008: 6 (M<3)2008: 7 (M4–5)2009: 2 (M3–4)2009: 5 (M4–5)20092010: 7 (M4–5)2011: 2 (M3–4)2011: 3 (M4–5)2012: 1 (M3–4)2012: 2 (M4–5)2013: 5 (M4–5)2014: 9 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M5+)2015: 4 (M<3)2015: 4 (M3–4)2015: 19 (M4–5)2016: 8 (M<3)2016: 9 (M3–4)2016: 22 (M4–5)2017: 3 (M4–5)2017: 1 (M5+)2018: 12 (M4–5)20182019: 4 (M3–4)2019: 4 (M4–5)2020: 13 (M<3)2020: 2 (M3–4)2020: 5 (M4–5)2021: 8 (M3–4)2021: 8 (M4–5)2022: 1 (M<3)2022: 8 (M3–4)2022: 7 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M<3)2023: 28 (M3–4)2023: 3 (M4–5)2024: 33 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)2024: 1 (M5+)2025: 36 (M3–4)2026: 36 (M<3)2026: 9 (M3–4)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 km219 km
5.714.05.1974 06:5122 km66 km
5.507.04.1977 11:5411 km179 km
5.505.08.2014 10:227.8 km170 km
5.412.12.2024 13:1410 km119 km
5.328.10.1986 15:048.2 km180 km
5.206.06.1983 10:485 km176 km
5.203.04.2017 03:085 km166 km
5.230.09.1973 06:5833 km165 km
5.219.12.1973 03:066 km146 km
5.105.01.1988 06:411.6 km166 km
5.113.11.1986 11:111.1 km162 km
5.105.07.1973 17:5933 km70 km
5.125.08.1973 07:4814 km44 km
5.101.10.1973 19:2633 km75 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.303.08.2026 07:2410 km63 km
2.102.08.2026 14:0710 km40 km
2.901.08.2026 12:0710 km102 km
2.030.07.2026 14:5010 km106 km
2.429.07.2026 20:2410 km79 km
2.629.07.2026 17:3710 km92 km
2.629.07.2026 15:0510 km75 km
3.026.07.2026 14:5510 km108 km
2.726.07.2026 14:4710 km81 km
2.726.07.2026 11:2510 km81 km
2.224.07.2026 18:0010 km43 km
2.423.07.2026 16:1210 km73 km
2.323.07.2026 10:2110 km62 km
2.322.07.2026 12:5510 km59 km
2.021.07.2026 13:4510 km37 km
2.220.07.2026 17:1810 km106 km
2.220.07.2026 11:5010 km95 km
2.419.07.2026 11:3610 km79 km
2.119.07.2026 07:1110 km82 km
2.818.07.2026 13:5510 km97 km
2.431.05.2026 00:4810 km67 km
2.027.05.2026 14:2010 km111 km
2.526.05.2026 15:2010 km64 km
3.224.05.2026 14:5110 km83 km
3.023.05.2026 07:0710 km69 km
2.722.05.2026 23:4810 km94 km
2.322.05.2026 13:0310 km52 km
2.021.05.2026 16:0310 km61 km
2.421.05.2026 11:4810 km77 km
2.819.05.2026 07:0210 km90 km
2.418.05.2026 14:2010 km80 km
2.518.05.2026 12:5610 km66 km
2.315.05.2026 02:0310 km68 km
2.014.05.2026 02:3510 km50 km
2.112.05.2026 19:3710 km90 km
2.011.05.2026 01:1110 km71 km
2.510.05.2026 15:5310 km69 km
2.708.05.2026 16:2010 km83 km
2.207.05.2026 04:2310 km86 km
3.016.04.2026 06:2210 km66 km
3.007.04.2026 05:5010 km97 km
3.601.04.2026 22:5910 km125 km
3.002.03.2026 20:3910 km64 km
3.006.02.2026 18:0610 km73 km
3.118.01.2026 11:1210 km10 km
3.323.11.2025 09:4810 km71 km
3.009.11.2025 14:4610 km73 km
3.016.09.2025 00:5410 km82 km
3.002.09.2025 17:4610 km71 km
3.217.08.2025 10:1510 km84 km
3.013.08.2025 10:4410 km47 km
3.024.07.2025 13:5810 km77 km
3.019.07.2025 02:3010 km68 km
3.018.07.2025 08:3410 km75 km
3.101.07.2025 02:0710 km113 km
3.026.06.2025 00:1510 km68 km
3.223.06.2025 22:0710 km59 km
3.106.06.2025 16:5010 km84 km
3.102.06.2025 04:5810 km55 km
3.029.05.2025 16:4910 km31 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.