M4.0 earthquake Botswana
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in Botswana on Tue, Apr 4, 2017, 1:16 AM GMT+2 (23:16 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-03 23:16:22 UTC
- Depth
- 15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.576° S, 25.126° E
- Region
- Botswana
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.0 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.52
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana · 3458 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 13
- 4.5124 km NNE of Khudumelapye, Botswana · 3457 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana · 3454 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.6136 km W of Moijabana, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7129 km W of Moijabana, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
- 5.092 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 6.5132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 937
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008fja. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC.