Earth tremor felt in parts of North West, Gauteng
People in Gauteng and North West had a shaky start to their Monday as they felt a bit of a shake.
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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.
https://twitter.com/DineoTsamela/status/848734442759782402
Did anyone feel the earth tremor in jhb just now??
— Kim (@kimbles__) April 3, 2017
#EarthTremor Gauteng and North West residents have felt an earth tremor just after five o' clock this morning.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) April 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/Lilo4ril/status/848765258705641472
Did anyone feel the earth tremor about 2 minutes in Roodepoort @RdptRecord
— Morris Goodman (@morrisgoodman) April 3, 2017
Earth tremor reported to have been felt in areas including Ferndale, Randburg, Kempton Park and Randfontein in JHB.#AMLive #SABCNews
— B (@SAfmCAff) April 3, 2017
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