CGS spokesperson Mahlatse Mononela said: “The analysis results show that the earthquake registered a local magnitude of approximately 1.4
There were no reports of any injuries or damage to buildings.The CGS which monitors seismic wave activities throughout the country said the quake struck late Wednesday afternoon just before 6pm., as recorded by the South African Seismograph Network . The epicentre was located along the Diepriver in close proximity to Milnerton Rural area.first earthquake after two earth tremors were recorded in September 2020. The strongest tremor rattled Tulbagh on 29 September 1969, killing 12 people.
The 6.3-magnitude quake was felt throughout the towns of Ceres, Tulbagh, Wolseley and Prince Alfred Hamlet with significant damage in Porterville and Worcester and the villages of Gouda, Saron and Hermon. There was also a series of aftershocks nearly six months after the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale.The earthquake registered a local magnitude of approximately 2.5 as recorded by SANSN with the epicentre located south of Johannesburg, approximately 3km north of Harmony Doornkop Gold Mine.
On 11 June 2023, South Africans were awoken by a powerful 4.4 magnitude earthquake, which was felt across large parts of Gauteng.Just two weeks later, on 29 June, Johannesburg residents were shaken awake by a 2.9 magnitude quake originating in Soweto.
“We can’t predict. There are multiple reasons for an earthquake. Are we going to see a huge one like the one that destroyed half of Japan? We are not on a plate boundary so we are not going to see that kind of activity,” Drennan said.
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