A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Gauteng at midday, shaking buildings in the financial capital of Johannesburg.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, 120 km (70 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of gold mines.
Tremors were felt across the country as far as Bloemfontein, Ballito and Richard’s Bay.
Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook have been abuzz with people sharing their experiences of the quake, making jokes and checking whether they were not going crazy and were not the only ones to have felt it.
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