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Earthquakes in Namibia
Namibia has catalogued 20 M4+ earthquakes since 2005 (ranked 121st of 187 countries), with the strongest reaching magnitude M5.4.
Namibia ranks 121st of 187 countries by catalogued seismic activity - a country with limited but non-zero seismic activity, averaging about 1 M4+ events a year alongside 0 significant M6+ earthquakes since 1900.
- 20
- M4+ events (since 2005)
- 0
- Major M6+ (since 1900)
- M5.4
- Strongest
- ~1
- M4+ per year
The verdict
Namibia is below the global median in catalogued seismic activity, with 20 M4+ earthquakes logged since 2005 and 0 major M6+ events since 1900, the strongest reaching magnitude 5.4.
- N/A
- no yearly breakdown available
- N/A
- average recorded event depth
- 0%
- of events are shallow (<70 km, the most damaging kind)
Average catalogued magnitude is 4.6 - most events are moderate M4-5 tremors that are felt but rarely cause damage. On the M4+ activity ladder Mauritania sits immediately above at 21 events and Grenada sits immediately below at 19.
Catalog event strip
Event tape NAMIBIA · Namibia M4+ · 121st/187
Namibia · 20 M4+ · max M5.4 · 0 M6+
- TAPE 20
- EPIC 121st/187
- YOY M5.4
- BAND 0
- STRIP near Mauritania
- BOOK May 14, 2022
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Where Namibia sits in the catalog
Rank 121st of 187 tracked countries (35th percentile by M4+ count since 2005). On the M4+ activity ladder Mauritania sits immediately above at 21 events and Grenada sits immediately below at 19.
- Mauritania - next more active (21 M4+)
- Grenada - next less active (19 M4+)
Namibia's M4+ count vs. every tracked country
Total catalogued M4+ events since 2005, USGS ComCat
20 Top 65% higher than 35% of 187 countries
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Source USGS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · 2005-present
0 of 20 catalogued M4+ events since 2005 reached M6.0 or higher.
Other countries in this catalog sample
A Namibia-keyed shuffle of the full 186-country roster, not the six nearest by count.
Peak-magnitude sample from the same roster
A second Namibia-keyed shuffle of countries with a recorded max magnitude.
Showing 6 of 186 countries with a recorded max magnitude.
According to the US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, PlainQuake's figures are rendered directly from 317,293 recorded M4+ earthquakes and 14,444 significant M6+ events (USGS ComCat, 2005-present) -- no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-26.