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#GautengEarthquake: Watch – shaken locals share their quake stories

A resident living near the deadly gas tanker blast scene in Plantation (Boksburg) has told how she and her family were shaken as they thought it was another blast.

June 12, 2023

Fanie Mthupha 3 minutes read

The ceiling of a local property reportedly collapsed during the 4.4 magnitude earthquake. Photo supplied by one of the residents Louis Jordaan.

The Boksburg Advertiser asked a few locals to share their experiences when the 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit Ekurhuleni in the early hours of June 11.

Some of the shared comments included: “It felt like the whole house was going to collapse and I thought I was going to die. It was a very scary experience, the whole house was shaking. I was awoken from my sleep.”

Others took to social media and shared pictures and videos showing minor and serious structural damages of their properties in Ekurhuleni.

The Council for GeoScience is investigating the cause of the quake.

Facebook Comments
Marekolle Chicco Hendrick: I thought Nato is here searching for Vladimir Putin.
Thembinkosi Taba: My dog 🐕 was just crazy. I must say it was a scary bang. I was awake watching TV.
Lize Vogan: We had a few cracks that appeared. Wasn’t the worst earthquake I’ve experienced. Was mild. Went through worse about five years ago in MP, where I was completely disoriented.
Yvette En Martin: In Witfield, it was the scariest thing I’ve experienced my whole life living in Gauteng since 1984.
Audrey van Jaarsveld: Would like to know how it affected the Rondebult Road.
MsFab Pauline: No damage, just the horrible scary feeling of the earth moving in Ravenswood.
Candice Surmon Skjoldhammer: No damage, but it was extremely scary. Felt like it lasted for ages.
HP Naramat WaLekhosi: No damages, but I was so scared.
Madonna Moagi: Few cement chips, nothing to worry about, scary as it was.
Darshana Beharie: Frames fell off the walls.
Ngobeni Mokibelo Makhanani: No damage suffered, I was just terrified
Adam Ben-Hayun: Definitely, it was an earthquake and not a tremor.
Yolande Appelcryn: We have quite a lot of damages in Freeway Park. It was extremely scary and loud.
Lurdes Pinheiro: We are in Boksburg West and it was very very scary. I thought the world was coming to an end.
Samantha Wood: Only my photo frames fell off the walls. But was a very scary experience. I literally thought the world was coming to an end 🥺
Demi van Niekerk: Our complex suffered quite a bit of damage, especially to windows and the walls cracked. Our neighbour lost his dog due to a window that shattered in Freeway Park.
Sharleen Victor: Initially, I thought something had happened at the airport, then I realised it was an earthquake. Lucky no damage.
Marisha Raath: Our photo frames fell off the walls and was shattered.
Mandisa Maune: It must have been bad for the birds. They screamed hysterically.
Melissa Olivier: Worst six seconds of my life. I was woken up by the noise and screeching of birds and then I felt everything moving.
Annalien van Staden: It was a very scary experience in Elsburg, with cracks in walls.
Annebel Kruger Bosch: We had broken glasses and shelves out of the cupboard.
Marius Cronje: Luckily no damage, but felt it in Witfield. I heard what sounded like a roar coming closer, then the tremor went past fast and was followed with alarms going off
Bernice Nolte: Our dog ran like flash out of her kennel not knowing what’s going on 🙊😅🙀
Ronwyn Geere: Three walls are cracked.
Mothobi Fatcat Mohlabane: Cracked walls and broken windows in Sunward Park.
Chan-Ré Bergstrom: I thought the Russians came to the East Rand or the Zama Zzamas were blasting directly underneath our house. The bed kept shaking and the windows rattled terribly🏡. Luckily, only had some structural damage in our flats and nothing on the main house.
Tshepo Kobo: We were drunk.
Lizette Beetge: Cracked walls and windows broken in Freeway Park.
Masego Monicca Nkuna: We were hit hard in Dawn Park.
Yvette En Martin: In Witfield, you could hear the earth falling and rumbling violently… scary as hell.