North West earth tremor felt in parts of Gauteng
People in Gauteng and North West had a shaky start to their Monday as they felt a bit of a shake.
Residents in Johannesburg and Pretoria took to social media on Monday morning saying they felt an earth tremor at about 5.10am.
The USGS National Earthquake Information Center website states that an earthquake with a 5.2 magnitude occurred 8km south of Stilfontein, in the North West province, on Monday morning at a depth of 5km. The earth tremor was reported to have been felt in parts of Gauteng.
Johannesburg resident Robert Visser told Fourways Review that his house shook for about three seconds during the tremor.
Earth tremor reported to have been felt in areas including Ferndale, Randburg, Kempton Park and Randfontein in JHB.#AMLive #SABCNews
— SAfm Current Affairs 104-107fm 📻 (@SAfmCAff) April 3, 2017
Did anyone feel the earth tremor about 2 minutes in Roodepoort @RdptRecord
— Morris Goodman (@morrisgoodman) April 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/Lilo4ril/status/848765258705641472
#EarthTremor According to the U.S geological survey, the epicenter of this morning's tremor is 8km from Stilfontein in the North West.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) April 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/LarissaInZa/status/848762095155990528
https://twitter.com/DineoTsamela/status/848734442759782402
– Caxton News Service
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