Earth tremor felt in parts of North West, Gauteng

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.

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