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Alberton, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (14.7 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Felt like a heavy truck revving it’s engine in the next room. Lots of shaking but no displacement of objects. | 23 users found this interesting.
- I felt it,i live in Sunward park 06:34
- I felt it as well in randburg it shook the walls and windows. So scary
Boksburg (7.2 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s : North to South Movement ...it felt like 2 Movements 1 and then another one 2 to 3 seconds | 17 users found this interesting.
- I live in Boksburg, SA and felt it.
Tedstoneville germiston south africa (3.3 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / complex motion difficult to describe / 2-5 s : Everything was shaking dogs are going mad the houses roof started shaking badly some pieces of the roof inside sounded like it was going to fall put | 13 users found this interesting.
Eden Glen, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (15 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 10-15 s : Felt the whole ground shaking as if a huge ship landed on ground or something. All windows rattled quite bad foe about 10 sec | 10 users found this interesting.
- I live in Boksburg,South Africa. It felt like a huge bomb exploding! The tremor lasted 3 to 4 seconds
Benoni, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (8.7 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Shaking that woke me up, nothing falling off walls etc. I thought it was a mine fall that we used to experience in Gauteng. | 9 users found this interesting.
Florentia / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : I was lying in bed and felt like the bed was moving like a ship. My husband and son where standing and didnt feel it as much | 8 users found this interesting.
Orange Grove (16.5 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Vibrating and shaking, my bed and windows where shaking thought someone hit my window with a car or something | 6 users found this interesting.
Johannesburg (19 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : The building I live in was shaking. It was brief but it almost felt like the building was about to collapse | 5 users found this interesting.
Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (4.4 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Was still sleeping that time, when I was awaken by the quake. For me it was a quite a big quake. Havent felt something like that for a very long time. Lasted about +/-3-5sec,Sunwardpark, Boksburg | 5 users found this interesting.
Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (3.2 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 15-20 s : Single bang like an explosion, felt like an upwards vertical movement of the aerh. With a rolling rumbling tremor, diminishing in intensity | 4 users found this interesting.
- Similar experience … single bang/thud … slight sudden vertical movement experience and rolling rumble and tremor
Vosloorus Gauteng (14.3 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / vibration and rolling / 15-20 s : Felt the roof and the house shaking with the sound of almost like very strong thunder | 6 users found this interesting.
Boksburg, Dawn Park / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : We have a lot of tremors in the area because of the mines, that definitely didn’t feel like a tremor. It was stronger, longer & more intense. | 5 users found this interesting.
Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (19.4 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : I was woken up by the vibration of the wake in my apartment building. Most intense I have felt in a while. | 2 users found this interesting.
Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (6.6 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Everything shook from the building to my windows and cupboards, even my bed vibrated. I am on the 1st floor. | 2 users found this interesting.
Edenvale, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (11.6 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : We were om first floor and there was a rattling noise with vibration from ceiling. Thr bed was also vibrating like you are driving on an unpaved road. It happened twice within short time | 2 users found this interesting.
Brackenhurst, Alberton (15.3 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Heard a huge rumble that sounded like an aeroplane but louder. Minor shaking experienced in the house | 2 users found this interesting.
Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (21.3 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 10-15 s : It felt like ripple effect. My fiancee and I live in a double storey house. Our bedroom is upstairs and we felt the the ripple effect, almost like driving in a huge truck and hitting a speed bump. | One user found this interesting.
Centurion, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (39.7 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 1-2 s : I was in my study. The desk shook visibly and our bird went crazy in her cage. My first experience ever, whilst being awake and aware of what was happening. | One user found this interesting.
Bedford view Johannesburg (13.9 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : My bed was moving and objects and windows were shaking. The building felt like it was swaying. This was felt in the ground floor and first floor of the structure | One user found this interesting.
Edenvale (13.3 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Paintings in my walls were shaking. I was in my bed and felt the vibrations. Sound was quite loud. The sound continued long after the vibrations ended. As if a train was moving away from us. | One user found this interesting.
Johannesburg (37.1 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating : I woke to hear doors rattling. It being a tremor crossed my mind but I didn't think too much of it until I saw other people had experienced it too. | 3 users found this interesting.
Alberton / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : Biggest shake ever I felt in gauteng. | 3 users found this interesting.
Bruma North / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : It felt more like a vibration and I could hear rattling in the ceiling.. Almost felt like the roof was going to cave in. | One user found this interesting.
Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (6.7 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : The walls, gates and roofs were vibrating with huge sound. It felt it could cause cracks on the walls.
Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (1.4 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : It happened so quick and I was nervous . I was standing inside the house and I could feel the house shaking
Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (6.7 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : The walls, gates and roofs were vibrating with huge sound. It felt it could cause cracks on the walls.
Eden Glen, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (13.7 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging : The entire household was woken up. A deep rumbling vibration could be felt and everything in the house rattled around, but nothing fell or broke. The pets were disturbed for a little while.
Alberton, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (16.2 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Initially like an explosion followed with heay horisontal shake and then rambling in a westerly direction.
Edenvale, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (13.4 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / very short : What was that, I asked my husband as we lay in bed. He too felt the tremor as well as hearing a jolting sound.
Boksburg, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (3.5 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating : I thought it might be another blast from illegal mining activity in our Boksburg area but felt that it was rather more intense than those
- Felt it in Birch Acres in Kempton Park
Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng (21.3 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating : I was asleep and I heard a noise and felt shaking at the same time. I thought it was part of my dream and so I shook it off (no pun intended).
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