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Earthquakes in Mpumalanga

336 earthquakes catalogued in and around Mpumalanga between 1919 and 2026.

Last updated 14 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.4
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
13.10.2026 11:52 UTC · from centre 196 km
336
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1919–2026
record span
3.19
mean magnitude
254
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

033671919: 2 (M5+)1919192819371946195519641973: 6 (M4–5)1973: 2 (M5+)19731974: 1 (M5+)1975: 1 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M4–5)1980: 2 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M3–4)1982: 2 (M4–5)19821984: 4 (M4–5)1987: 3 (M3–4)1987: 3 (M4–5)1990: 1 (M<3)1990: 1 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M3–4)19911992: 1 (M3–4)1993: 20 (M<3)1993: 3 (M3–4)1994: 6 (M<3)1994: 7 (M3–4)1995: 2 (M<3)1995: 2 (M3–4)1996: 4 (M<3)1996: 1 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M4–5)1998: 1 (M4–5)1999: 1 (M4–5)2000: 2 (M4–5)20002001: 1 (M4–5)2002: 1 (M4–5)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M3–4)2008: 2 (M<3)2008: 1 (M3–4)2009: 1 (M4–5)20092010: 2 (M<3)2011: 1 (M3–4)2011: 1 (M4–5)2012: 1 (M3–4)2013: 2 (M4–5)2014: 2 (M4–5)2015: 6 (M3–4)2015: 16 (M4–5)2016: 2 (M<3)2016: 7 (M3–4)2016: 24 (M4–5)2018: 1 (M3–4)2018: 3 (M4–5)20182019: 3 (M3–4)2020: 29 (M<3)2020: 5 (M3–4)2021: 4 (M3–4)2021: 2 (M4–5)2022: 1 (M<3)2022: 6 (M3–4)2022: 1 (M4–5)2023: 1 (M<3)2023: 17 (M3–4)2024: 19 (M3–4)2024: 1 (M4–5)2024: 1 (M5+)2025: 18 (M3–4)2026: 60 (M<3)2026: 7 (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 km83 km
6.331.10.1919 15:3615 km185 km
5.412.12.2024 13:1410 km248 km
5.125.08.1973 07:4814 km247 km
5.025.03.1973 20:0230 km222 km
5.021.01.1974 15:1525 km203 km
4.927.03.1973 00:4833 km203 km
4.924.01.1973 11:1933 km203 km
4.915.02.1975 22:0333 km179 km
4.919.05.1984 13:034 km196 km
4.826.04.1973 03:4633 km198 km
4.806.02.1973 09:5033 km189 km
4.817.01.1973 11:3930 km209 km
4.705.01.2016 11:145.1 km159 km
4.711.06.1984 11:468.7 km188 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.413.10.2026 11:5210 km196 km
2.108.10.2026 08:3010 km45 km
2.206.10.2026 23:0410 km123 km
2.206.10.2026 14:2810 km121 km
2.206.10.2026 13:3810 km118 km
2.106.10.2026 13:3610 km117 km
2.206.10.2026 12:5710 km118 km
2.206.10.2026 12:5010 km144 km
2.205.10.2026 13:3710 km96 km
2.602.10.2026 13:3710 km130 km
2.102.10.2026 09:1010 km37 km
2.030.09.2026 16:3910 km187 km
2.315.09.2026 21:3410 km196 km
2.912.09.2026 15:0810 km106 km
2.008.09.2026 16:0510 km141 km
2.008.09.2026 15:4210 km42 km
3.408.09.2026 14:5410 km213 km
2.008.09.2026 12:3310 km100 km
2.508.09.2026 11:1910 km203 km
2.405.09.2026 15:0210 km98 km
2.131.08.2026 11:3710 km34 km
3.228.08.2026 14:3210 km102 km
2.226.08.2026 11:1410 km15 km
2.321.08.2026 10:3410 km100 km
2.220.08.2026 13:4910 km148 km
2.119.08.2026 15:5410 km17 km
2.119.08.2026 15:0210 km98 km
2.218.08.2026 11:3610 km72 km
2.116.08.2026 12:3610 km104 km
2.211.08.2026 10:1910 km116 km
2.910.08.2026 11:3210 km96 km
2.807.08.2026 13:5710 km112 km
2.004.08.2026 12:3410 km74 km
2.104.08.2026 11:2410 km79 km
2.303.08.2026 11:5210 km35 km
2.002.08.2026 12:0610 km9 km
2.202.08.2026 11:4710 km95 km
2.901.08.2026 12:0710 km107 km
2.131.07.2026 14:5810 km45 km
2.030.07.2026 14:5010 km100 km
2.330.07.2026 10:3510 km167 km
2.227.07.2026 07:1510 km210 km
3.026.07.2026 14:5510 km111 km
2.124.07.2026 14:4910 km61 km
2.223.07.2026 13:3910 km74 km
2.322.07.2026 12:5510 km216 km
2.021.07.2026 13:4510 km171 km
2.220.07.2026 17:1810 km100 km
2.818.07.2026 13:5510 km106 km
2.029.05.2026 11:5310 km95 km
2.027.05.2026 14:2010 km99 km
3.224.05.2026 14:5110 km131 km
2.423.05.2026 14:5210 km89 km
2.423.05.2026 11:0010 km101 km
2.122.05.2026 11:5810 km36 km
2.220.05.2026 02:3410 km197 km
2.118.05.2026 14:5310 km48 km
2.415.05.2026 04:4010 km104 km
2.415.05.2026 02:0710 km100 km
2.014.05.2026 02:3510 km161 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.