EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Northern Cape

221 earthquakes catalogued in and around Northern Cape between 1912 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
221
recorded earthquakes
M6.3
largest
1912–2026
record span
3.31
mean magnitude
206
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

039791912: 1 (M5+)1912192119301939194819571966: 1 (M4–5)19661967: 1 (M4–5)1968: 1 (M5+)1969: 1 (M5+)1970: 2 (M4–5)1970: 1 (M5+)1973: 1 (M4–5)1975: 1 (M4–5)19751976: 1 (M5+)1978: 1 (M4–5)1980: 1 (M4–5)1983: 1 (M4–5)19841985: 1 (M4–5)1992: 1 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M3–4)1993: 1 (M4–5)19931994: 1 (M4–5)1995: 1 (M3–4)1998: 1 (M4–5)1999: 2 (M4–5)2001: 2 (M4–5)2002: 2 (M4–5)20022004: 1 (M4–5)2007: 2 (M4–5)2009: 4 (M<3)2009: 3 (M3–4)2009: 6 (M4–5)2010: 5 (M<3)2010: 8 (M3–4)2010: 5 (M4–5)2011: 58 (M<3)2011: 11 (M3–4)2011: 10 (M4–5)20112012: 1 (M4–5)2015: 2 (M<3)2015: 2 (M3–4)2015: 2 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M<3)2016: 1 (M4–5)2019: 3 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M<3)20202021: 3 (M3–4)2021: 2 (M4–5)2022: 8 (M3–4)2022: 3 (M4–5)2023: 14 (M3–4)2024: 13 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)2024: 1 (M5+)2025: 17 (M3–4)2025: 3 (M4–5)2026: 1 (M3–4)2026: 1 (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
6.329.09.1969 20:0316.7 km520 km
6.020.02.1912 13:0335 km397 km
5.714.04.1970 19:0826.1 km517 km
5.701.07.1976 11:2411.9 km399 km
5.222.12.2024 00:5110 km239 km
5.112.01.1968 01:0010 km545 km
4.928.08.1980 14:3733 km391 km
4.808.05.1985 11:357 km377 km
4.730.11.2004 05:575 km397 km
4.705.09.1983 00:335 km371 km
4.707.07.2009 06:2810 km569 km
4.606.04.2011 23:345 km67 km
4.614.04.1970 19:230 km488 km
4.508.12.2009 23:215 km453 km
4.531.12.1994 22:095 km166 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.330.03.2026 09:0110 km565 km
3.424.03.2026 04:5410 km273 km
3.027.12.2025 10:5010 km482 km
3.108.12.2025 17:0210 km306 km
4.308.12.2025 15:1410 km322 km
3.430.09.2025 12:5310 km180 km
3.326.09.2025 16:3210 km264 km
3.425.09.2025 04:0310 km476 km
4.424.09.2025 17:1510 km439 km
4.415.09.2025 16:5210 km498 km
3.207.09.2025 06:0010 km379 km
3.702.09.2025 15:2710 km299 km
3.415.08.2025 12:5410 km321 km
3.110.08.2025 22:3910 km64 km
3.010.08.2025 21:5210 km70 km
3.310.08.2025 21:1510 km432 km
3.003.08.2025 05:5510 km207 km
3.729.07.2025 23:4210 km425 km
3.006.06.2025 19:4510 km443 km
3.129.04.2025 15:0410 km592 km
3.630.03.2025 12:3610 km518 km
3.125.01.2025 20:5210 km358 km
3.423.12.2024 09:2010 km240 km
3.022.12.2024 03:2810 km229 km
5.222.12.2024 00:5110 km239 km
4.203.12.2024 21:081.4 km364 km
3.319.11.2024 02:3610 km436 km
3.115.09.2024 22:4010 km342 km
3.006.09.2024 10:2310 km461 km
3.321.06.2024 02:0010 km464 km
3.020.06.2024 15:2110 km368 km
3.127.04.2024 08:5210 km249 km
3.007.04.2024 21:4210 km492 km
3.115.03.2024 21:1010 km608 km
3.002.03.2024 00:4210 km58 km
3.025.02.2024 00:5510 km276 km
3.114.02.2024 01:4110 km550 km
3.111.12.2023 06:5010 km448 km
3.001.12.2023 18:5610 km550 km
3.122.09.2023 13:1110 km376 km
3.126.08.2023 14:3110 km225 km
3.125.07.2023 15:0210 km396 km
3.216.07.2023 07:0610 km215 km
3.516.06.2023 07:3510 km210 km
3.315.06.2023 18:2310 km198 km
3.117.05.2023 16:1910 km598 km
3.117.05.2023 12:2210 km419 km
3.210.05.2023 16:1910 km79 km
3.514.04.2023 13:5610 km415 km
3.008.01.2023 12:4910 km388 km
3.101.01.2023 12:3610 km348 km
3.128.12.2022 16:1110 km416 km
3.023.11.2022 17:3110 km424 km
3.115.11.2022 15:0510 km369 km
4.011.11.2022 11:0510 km438 km
3.211.09.2022 00:0310 km149 km
3.206.09.2022 09:2810 km592 km
3.804.06.2022 23:5510 km266 km
4.026.05.2022 12:1210 km430 km
3.021.04.2022 15:0010 km524 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.