Max magnitude
6.5
Peak recorded event in the current dataset
Earthquakes by countries
20 events tracked
Botswana seismic overview
Botswana earthquakes today
Latest activity, live map, annual rhythm and historical high points for Botswana, all regrouped on the same country page.
Average magnitude
4.8
Mean magnitude across recorded earthquakes
Average depth
13.7 km
Typical depth profile for this country
Latest earthquakes
Botswana earthquakes today
10 recent events
4.6
Moderate
2023-06-05 07:59:57 UTC
Maun, Botswana
Earthquake near Maun
10.2 km
4.7
Moderate
2017-11-01 12:12:41 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
10.0 km
4.9
Moderate
2017-08-12 02:37:47 UTC
Molepolole, Botswana
Earthquake near Molepolole
10.0 km
4.9
Moderate
2017-07-04 11:37:05 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
10.0 km
4.2
Moderate
2017-06-21 07:10:30 UTC
Molepolole, Botswana
Earthquake near Molepolole
10.0 km
4.7
Moderate
2017-04-08 19:55:32 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
14.4 km
4.5
Moderate
2017-04-06 02:30:22 UTC
Molepolole, Botswana
Earthquake near Molepolole
10.0 km
5.0
10.0 km
4.0
Moderate
2017-04-03 23:16:22 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
15.9 km
4.6
Moderate
2017-04-03 18:38:12 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
15.0 km
Strongest earthquakes
10 strongest earthquakes in Botswana
All period
#1
6.5
29.0 km
#2
5.9
15.0 km
#3
5.8
15.0 km
#4
5.0
10.0 km
#5
5.0
10.0 km
#6
4.9
Moderate
2017-08-12 02:37:47 UTC
Molepolole, Botswana
Earthquake near Molepolole
10.0 km
#7
4.9
Moderate
2017-07-04 11:37:05 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
10.0 km
#8
4.7
Moderate
2017-11-01 12:12:41 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
10.0 km
#9
4.7
Moderate
2017-04-08 19:55:32 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
14.4 km
#10
4.7
Moderate
2017-04-03 18:11:26 UTC
Serowe, Botswana
Earthquake near Serowe
16.2 km
Activity rhythm
Botswana earthquake chart 2023
12-month view
Live geography
Botswana earthquakes map
Map of recent earthquakes in Botswana.
Archive browsing
Recent month archive
June 2023
1 earthquakes
November 2017
1 earthquakes
August 2017
1 earthquakes
July 2017
1 earthquakes
June 2017
1 earthquakes
April 2017
8 earthquakes
Cities by seismic activity
Cities with the most earthquakes in Botswana
Maun
Population 85,350
3 earthquakes
Mahalapye
Population 48,431
2 earthquakes
Molepolole
Population 74,861
1 earthquakes
Mochudi
Population 50,321
1 earthquakes
Letlhakane
Population 36,404
1 earthquakes
Gaborone
Population 246,325
0 earthquakes
Francistown
Population 103,417
0 earthquakes
Mogoditshane
Population 88,004
0 earthquakes
Serowe
Population 55,676
0 earthquakes
Tlokweng
Population 55,508
0 earthquakes
History
Earthquakes history
8 years
| 2017 | 6.5 | 12 |
| 1952 | 5.9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 1986 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 1993 | 4.3 | 1 |
| 1991 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4.0 | 1 |