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1358 testimonies
Benoni (South Africa)
27 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 29 min
Woke us up0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
27 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 17 min
Bed shook for 5+ seconds0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
27 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 262 min
The earthquake woke me up. Its the worst one i have felt in my whole life0
Benoni (South Africa)
27 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 14 min
Woke us up.0
Meyerton (South Africa)
27 km S from epicenter
T0 + 25 min
Woke me up while sleeping @02:400
Roodepoort (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
Everything vibrates for at least 10-15 seconds. Enough to shake the house and wake me from sleeping .0
Roodepoort (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 39 min
It was a scary 20+ seconds0
Roodepoort (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 55 min
Loud noise like a big vehicle rattling down the road, house/furniture shaking, windows rattling. Birds and dogs in the neighbourhood disturbed.0
Benoni (South Africa)
27 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 12 min
Shaking for about 30 sec0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 418 min
Lasted about 5 seconds , truly felt it0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 316 min
Light but long running tremor0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
27 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 398 min
Rumbling went on for quite a while after the side to side shaking.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 376 min
Definitely woke us up . Went on for about under a minute.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 15 min
Very scary to wake up to the whole house shaking, windows rattling. Our dogs went nuts.+1
Benoni (South Africa)
27 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 39 min
I was in bed at the time and it felt like I was almost bouncing in it. I don't know what it would have been like to be standing or walking at the time. I froze and stayed in my bed in an attempt to assess the danger. There was a violent rolling motion beneath my bed. The windows were rattling badly and I'm surprised none are broken in my parents' room which was where I seemed to hear most of the rattling coming from. The windows rattled for longer than the tremor was felt. I was surprised that my alarms did not go off. The lights were off and so I couldn't see if anything was moving. But nothing fell over. Dogs started barking at least half an hour before the quake started.0
Roodepoort (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 31 min
I woke up from the shakes and the noise of how the roof was squeeking while it lasted a few seconds0
Midvaal (South Africa)
27 km S from epicenter
T0 + 15 min
Very unnerving, lasted longer the previous tremors0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
27 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 2741 min
Woken up in the middle of the night. Windows and cupboard doors rattling. Lasted about 20 seconds. Felt like a train or low-flying jet coming through.+1
Brakpan (South Africa)
27 km E from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
Scary stuff while you sleeping get woken up by this0
Brakpan (South Africa)
27 km E from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
Felt building shake for 10 second0
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