SOCIAL media is aflutter after an earth tremor struck Durban with reports streaming in from residents living in the CBD, Berea, Morningside and even uMhlanga. The tremor which lasted around a minute is the third to hit KZN after a 3.1 tremor magnitude tremor in February last year.
Reports suggest people have run out of buildings in Durban following the tremor. We are also hearing that high rise apartments on the Durban beachfront felt the tremor.
The hashtag #DurbanTremor began trending on Twitter shortly after the shake. Here’s how social media reacted:
Was there an earth tremor in Durban?… My building just shock… And I am on the 20th floor…
— Kaveshan Chetty (@KaveshanChetty) April 3, 2017
People evacuating buildings after #tremor in durban pic.twitter.com/LsZSt70PfF
— LUNGA????MDLETSHE (@loobangs) April 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/DylanElsJourno/status/848956102091956228
Was it a tremor in Durban on the Bluff or just OUR imagination??
— Isle of Capri Cruise (@IOCcruises) April 3, 2017
On the 6th floor in Durban. Tremor in Durban about a minute after @imanrappetti said she felt it in Jhb.
— DeviSankareeGovender (@Devi_HQ) April 3, 2017
#tremor it just hit durban Berea Center
— #I’mAgainstGBV (@i_McCoward) April 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/SihleMthembuZA/status/848956203992481793
Tremor felt in durban south. Did anyone feel it? Entire building was shaking
— Nanima (@nanima) April 3, 2017
An earth tremor was just felt at UKZN Howard campus, Durban. Students running out the building ???? @eNCA @News24 @TimesLIVE pic.twitter.com/gzfEP5zUEw
— Gina Coetzee (@Gina_Coetzee) April 3, 2017
Was that like a 30second tremor? Even our land shaking it's head #junkstatus #tremor #Tremors #durbantremor #hectic
— MZ (@mozmoosa) April 3, 2017
A tremor in Jozi, PTA and Durban at the same time ????????????????. Is No 1 reshuffling the provinces? ????????????????
— Kulile Vakalisa (@Vaka0505) April 3, 2017
#Tremor felt for over a minute in North Beach, Durban. High rise apartment residents evacuated @ecr9495 @News24 @ewnupdates
— Simon Wayne (@si_wayne) April 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/Figjamfan/status/848957602516135936
https://twitter.com/ItecReyneke/status/848956828092428290
Tremors in Umhlanga. So freaky. #durbantremor
— Marjorie Manyathi (@MarjorieManyath) April 3, 2017
