M4.5 earthquake 124 km NNE of Khudumelapye, Botswana
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 124 km NNE of Khudumelapye, Botswana on Thu, Apr 6, 2017, 4:30 AM GMT+2 (02:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 137 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-06 02:30:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.785° S, 25.016° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 5.0137 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana · 3458 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 13
- 4.0Botswana · 3459 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6136 km W of Moijabana, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7129 km W of Moijabana, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
- 5.092 km SSW of Letlhakane, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 6.5132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana · 3459 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 937
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008gx1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC.