Residents in Gauteng were woken up by powerful vibrations in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A nearby building's ceiling fell during the earthquake. Photo supplied by Springs resident Cole Kukard.
Residents in Gauteng were woken up by powerful vibrations in the early hours of Sunday morning.
According to the Council of Geoscience, through automated information, the earthquake measured 4.7. The quake is recorded to have happened at 02:38.
Readers took to the Advertiser’s Facebook page to share their experience of the event; see their comments below:
Tebogo Motsoane – When it was a home for JOMO COSMOS, all the big team used to come there and we enjoyed beautiful games at our door step
Louise Caldwell – We felt it in Selcourt. No damages thankfully. My brother in Pomona also felt it.
Siyabonga Mangena – Still calculating the damages. In Payneville.
Shirley-Anne Bray – Yes, felt it in Strubenvale. My dogs went crazy! Luckily no damage.
Vuyelwa LadyVuvu Mangethe – I really thought my partner was pushing me off the bed. Shame, the poor guy was holding me so I don't fall off. In Ext 2, Kwa-Thema.