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1358 testimonies
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
18 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 3 min
Rattling and shaking of bed frame and walls. Woken birds and set off alarms at 2b39am+8
Riverlea (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
It was really scary+1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 480 min
Loud rumble noise followed by 30s of strong vibrations.0
Riverlea (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 26 min
Was asleep and woke from the feeling that there was an explosion0
Edenvale (South Africa)
18 km N from epicenter
T0 + 20 min
Johannesburg South Africa, very scary.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
Woke up. Birds were going crazy+1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 554 min
I am in parkview Johannesburg and early hours of the morning we were woken by the worst tremor I have ever experienced our heavy solar panels that were stored on top of a cupboard were shaking so bad almost fell down birds were crying dogs barking alarms going off0
Edenvale (South Africa)
18 km N from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
The house just started shaking, windows were the creepiest 0
Edenvale (South Africa)
18 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 20 min
The house was shaking woke us up+1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 27 min
Felt like the house was shaking and cracking it was noisy+1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 28 min
It wakes me up with very weird noise and was so scary shaking everywhere it was like 30 min Hadida birds was crazy and all alarms 😞0
Boksburg (South Africa)
18 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
First experience ever at this magnitude0
Edenvale (South Africa)
18 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 24 min
Very scary, still shaking 😰0
Riverlea (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 20 min
It was the loudest and longest I've ever felt in Johannesburg. Woke up all the birds and dogs.+1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 261 min
We we’re all sleeping but jumped up and the house was shaking. Birds went crazy. Dogs barked.0
Riverlea (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 24 min
Woke up most people, lasted 20s0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 257 min
Woke me from my sleep. Bed tremor. Furniture shoke. House and windows vibration.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 249 min
Woke me out my sleep. House tremor. Windows vibrating. Load noise. Furniture shaking. Frightening!0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
18 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 323 min
I was asleep and it woke me up because it was very load and the house was shaking , I felt it in my bed to0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
18 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 27 min
The earthquake woke me up and lasted a few seconds.Parkview, JHB0
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