Cape Town – An earth tremor measuring 3.1 magnitude hit the area of Brakpan, Springs and Boksburg on the East Rand in Gauteng in the early hours of Sunday morning.
According to an announcement made by Gauteng Weather on its Twitter page, the tremor hit the area at about 00:56 on Sunday.
Concerned residents flooded the comments section to bear witness of the incident while some were shocked to have slept right through the earth tremor.
⚠️ ALERT: 3.1-MAGNITUDE TREMOR RECORDED BETWEEN BRAKPAN & SPRINGS AT 00:56 ON SUNDAY!!!
— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) August 28, 2022
One resident wrote: “Felt it in Benoni. Was really nice to experience it.”
Another resident wrote: “That was hectic…thought the house was collapsing.”
Some thought the tremor was caused by illegal miners blasting the underground.
Here are reactions on Twitter
That was hectic,,, thought the house was collapsing
— unyazi (@mkomatiii) August 28, 2022
Felt it in Benoni. Was really nice to experience it.
— Parwez Ledimo (@mosothoguy) August 28, 2022
Scary! I didn’t feel anything though. I was fast asleep ???
— Zodwa Manci (@ManciZodwa) August 29, 2022
Zama zamas bombing underground
— khabeer (@khabeershk) August 28, 2022
I jumped out of bed,and that was a heavy ass tremor
— SOSTIC (@SosShabangu) August 28, 2022
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
