Earthquake · 7 Oct 2026
M3.6 earthquake — 17 km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa
- Event
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- M3.6 (Minor)
- Severity
- Low
- Time
- (27 days ago)
- Location
- 17 km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Coordinates
- -26.976°, 26.857°
- Source
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
What this means
This was a minor earthquake of magnitude 3.6. Often felt by people near the epicenter but rarely causes damage.
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source. How strongly the ground shook at any particular place depends on distance from the epicenter, the depth of the quake, local geology and building construction, so the same magnitude can be harmless in one place and damaging in another. First magnitudes are preliminary and are often revised by a few tenths as more stations report.
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Source and attribution
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. View the original report ↗
GlobalRisk republishes only basic facts (type, time, location, magnitude or alert level) and links to the original report. Details may be revised by the source after this page was generated on 3 Nov 2026, 05:09 UTC.
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