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1358 testimonies
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
16 km N from epicenter
T0 + 38 min
At the time it felt extremely intense0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
16 km N from epicenter
T0 + 298 min
Big bang noise followed by shaking and rumbling of 25 seconds0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
16 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 40 min
I was asleep and thought the house is coming down. I could not feel it coming.It was sudden.Pets are petrified.Cornishes pulled away but no further damage visible at this stage.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
16 km E from epicenter
T0 + 28 min
For less than a minute,everything was shaking,walls ,roof,ground etc+3
Johannesburg (South Africa)
16 km N from epicenter
T0 + 12 min
Very scary+4
Germiston (South Africa)
16 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 27 min
Gates opened, cracked walls and pictures fell off walls.+2
Johannesburg (South Africa)
16 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 36 min
Initial shock was large bed moved, lasted long with wingows rattling for abou 1 minute0
Edenvale (South Africa)
17 km N from epicenter
T0 + 14 min
Worst one I’ve experienced in south africa+2
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 12 min
Cutlery rattled+1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 232 min
I felt the earthquake, I was up studying. I saw my study lamp shake and felt the shake too.0
Edenvale (South Africa)
17 km N from epicenter
T0 + 27 min
Scary0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 62 min
It woke me up0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 68 min
Scary. Woke up from sleep0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km N from epicenter
T0 + 30 min
The way my bed vibrated, I thought that the building was about to collapse. It was so scary iyoooo.0
Soweto (South Africa)
17 km W from epicenter
T0 + 25 min
No reports of damange as yet, but felt the house shaking for approximately 30 - 60 seconds and then heard some rattling for approximately 60 - 90 seconds thereafter0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 198 min
The building shuck to the point we had to evacuate the building in a business park. 0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 14 min
It shock everything, I felt like I was falling0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 21 min
Woken up to house vibrating with a rumbling sound. Probably lasted 30 seconds. Melville, Johannesburg+2
Germiston (South Africa)
17 km E from epicenter
T0 + 14 min
Felt everything shake in the house and felt like the ceiling was going to collapse. Even the power went off after the earthquake+2
Johannesburg (South Africa)
17 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 67 min
Fairly intense shaking for ~20 seconds. Woke us up and could hear neighbours in 6 story building nearby shouting!0
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