UPDATE: Durban tremor not linked to Philippines earthquake
The tremor measured 3.7 magnitudes.
FOLLOWING the excitement of the Durban tremor on Thursday, 31 October many people started speculating that it was related to earthquake in the Philippines, which killed five people.
However, the Head of Marketing and Communication at the Council for Geoscience, speaking on behalf of the South African Weather Service (SAWS), Mahlatse Mononela, told the Northglen News’s sister paper, the Highway Mail, that they had linked the source to a location in South Africa.
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In fact, Mononela said authorities identified the epicenter of the earth tremors, experienced by many in Durban and surrounding areas, to the R612, a road near Bulwer in KwaZulu-Natal.
UPDATE: Durban tremor not linked to Philippines earthquake
Thus far, the cause of the tremor is unknown.
“We cannot at this stage say if there will be another one,” added Mononela.
She confirmed that the tremor measured 3.7 magnitudes.
People in Durban North, uMhlanga, Ballito, Westville, Hillcrest and as far as Port Edwards reported feeling the tremor.
This was the fourth tremor in Durban since 2016.
One was on 6 February, 2016, then 18 August, 2016 and another on 3 April, 2017
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