Earthquakes like Wednesday’s Joburg tremblor are likely to reoccur, according to the Council for Geoscience.
evening’s magnitude 3.0 tremor that originated at Doornkop on Joburg’s West Rand are likely to reoccur, according to the Council for Geoscience.
“We are trying to investigate why these earthquakes are happening, particularly at night or in the early hours of the morning,” said Kgaswane. “If we are going to say this is now illegal mining, are we saying that these miners are in possession of explosives that are over the legal limit? The measurement of tectonic activity is done using a seismograph, which consists of a device called a seismometer and a digitiser to translate the mechanical signal into a digital format. “This is what you will see on your computer screen as wiggles,” said Kgaswane. The geological council uses a national network of seismic stations to keep track of tectonic activity.
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