Johannesburg residents were shaken awake on Thursday morning by yet another earthquake. | nickymccain
This one comes only weeks after another earthquake that originated from the Boksburg area was felt in the early hours of 10 June. It measured a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale.
The epicentre was located in the Boksburg area, a few kilometres outside the East Rand Proprietary Mine, Council for Geoscience spokesperson Mahlatse Mononela said.Its magnitude was recorded as around 2.1 by the SA National Seismograph Network, which monitors earthquake activities occurring within South Africa and in the southern Africa region.
Earthquake tremor felt in linmeyer Johannesburg at 3.15am woke me up sounded like thunder initially. Approximately 2 to 3 secs duration.
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