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Earthquakes in Botswana

2,175 earthquakes catalogued in and around Botswana between 1919 and 2026.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.3
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
12.10.2026 22:35 UTC · from centre 554 km
2,175
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1919–2026
record span
3.20
mean magnitude
1,655
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: 143 (M<3)2026: 23 (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
6.503.04.2017 17:4020.5 km68 km
6.531.10.1919 15:3635 km625 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
5.203.04.2017 03:085 km556 km
5.230.09.1973 06:5833 km517 km
5.219.12.1973 03:066 km534 km
5.206.06.1983 10:485 km548 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.312.10.2026 22:3510 km554 km
2.312.10.2026 14:3010 km550 km
2.011.10.2026 06:2910 km552 km
2.309.10.2026 14:5210 km541 km
2.809.10.2026 12:2810 km541 km
3.008.10.2026 17:0110 km536 km
2.206.10.2026 23:4210 km545 km
2.206.10.2026 23:0410 km677 km
2.106.10.2026 19:5210 km530 km
2.206.10.2026 16:4310 km539 km
2.906.10.2026 14:3310 km540 km
2.206.10.2026 14:2810 km596 km
2.206.10.2026 13:3810 km611 km
2.106.10.2026 13:3610 km615 km
2.206.10.2026 12:5710 km594 km
2.206.10.2026 12:5010 km595 km
2.205.10.2026 13:3710 km632 km
2.503.10.2026 10:0210 km541 km
2.202.10.2026 19:0410 km548 km
3.502.10.2026 17:4010 km545 km
2.602.10.2026 13:3710 km584 km
2.202.10.2026 11:5510 km478 km
3.528.09.2026 17:0610 km533 km
2.328.09.2026 12:3210 km595 km
2.228.09.2026 06:2110 km543 km
2.426.09.2026 22:0210 km542 km
2.722.09.2026 04:1710 km560 km
2.420.09.2026 16:1610 km534 km
2.919.09.2026 16:1610 km542 km
2.418.09.2026 16:4010 km543 km
2.517.09.2026 22:1510 km542 km
2.817.09.2026 22:1310 km542 km
2.117.09.2026 04:2210 km545 km
3.215.09.2026 10:1310 km546 km
2.114.09.2026 11:4410 km456 km
3.214.09.2026 08:5010 km544 km
3.614.09.2026 00:3610 km549 km
2.913.09.2026 10:1310 km590 km
2.013.09.2026 03:4810 km507 km
2.912.09.2026 15:0810 km603 km
2.612.09.2026 13:5910 km570 km
2.711.09.2026 20:2010 km538 km
2.211.09.2026 07:3310 km544 km
2.011.09.2026 06:4610 km536 km
2.810.09.2026 18:1410 km536 km
2.810.09.2026 10:0710 km543 km
3.208.09.2026 22:1110 km546 km
2.008.09.2026 16:0510 km575 km
2.808.09.2026 15:4010 km487 km
2.508.09.2026 14:5310 km281 km
2.008.09.2026 12:3310 km577 km
2.508.09.2026 11:1910 km513 km
2.208.09.2026 06:3010 km546 km
2.607.09.2026 14:5710 km313 km
3.107.09.2026 09:3710 km546 km
2.405.09.2026 15:0210 km596 km
3.104.09.2026 11:0710 km544 km
2.703.09.2026 22:4610 km553 km
2.103.09.2026 01:2910 km537 km
2.002.09.2026 03:2710 km542 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.