So the other day my son felt an earth tremour. We found it measured 4.3 on the Richter scale, and it was quite an event. Then a few days back, there was another.
I felt one last night, lying in bed, very eery in fact. Not enough to notice really, but all was quiet and still, so it was easy enough to pick up on, just a background rumble, the windows rattled slightly.
Dated yesterday: Timeslive
An earthquake that measured 4.3 on the Richter scale was felt along the West Rand and parts of Johannesburg this afternoon, the Council for Geosciences said.
Johannesburg – Four earthquakes were recorded around Gauteng, the North West province and Limpopo on Wednesday, the Council for Geosciences reported on Thursday.
The first was at 13:28 in the Gamoep area of Limpopo and measured 2.4 on the Richter scale, with a depth of 5km.
The second earthquake was at 19:.34 in Gauteng, along the Roodepoort mining belt, west of Johannesburg. It measured 2.4 on the Richter scale and was recorded with a depth of 2km.
A third earthquake was recorded in the area of the West Rand gold mines in the North West at 23:42, measuring 2.9 with a depth of 2km.
A fourth was recorded at 23:49 in the same area, measuring 2.9 with a depth of 2km.
Oddly, what i felt was close to 9PM.
These tremours are certainly increasing in frequency. Not huge news, but worth taking note of.
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