Many residents of Carletonville felt the earth shaking a short while ago and it has since been confirmed to be a small magnitude earthquake.

Residents of Oberholzer report that they felt the bump, which as so noticeable that it even made dogs bark.

According to websites that monitor earthquakes, such as Volcano Discovery, he small earthquake measured a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale It occurred at 02:21 this afternoon.

The quake hit 13.4 km outside Carletonville and had a very shallow depth of 10 km.

Although some residents indicated on social media that the seismic event as at East Driefontein’s 10 Shaft, this could not be confirmed.