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1358 testimonies
Randburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 31 min
House vibrating.0
Benoni (South Africa)
28 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 40 min
Scary first time it carry on for a while and you could here it move away0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 67 min
Woke me up at 02:45am0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
28 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 278 min
House was moving back & forth0
Randburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
Woke to the sound of rumbling and creaking, birds taking flight outside, felt vibrations0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
28 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 96 min
Woke up to the shaking. Alarms went off and quite a loud grumble.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
28 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 793 min
I felt the shake and it lasted about 15 to 20 seconds0
Brakpan (South Africa)
28 km E from epicenter
T0 + 14 min
Felt the earthquake in brakpan, minnebron east rand gauteng+1
Brakpan (South Africa)
28 km E from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
Quake felt over a 90 km area . Woke the whole neighborhood. Lasted at least 2 minutes0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
28 km E from epicenter
T0 + 25 min
I am still shaking. This was so scary 😨0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 281 min
My bed shook which woke me from my sleep0
Randburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 24 min
We were asleep0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 220 min
Was a frightening experience to be awoken from my sleep when it happened. My bed was "trembling" and heard my bottles rattle in the cupboards . Felt like the building was shaking. . Was afraid to get out of bed.0
Randburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 37 min
Things were shaking pretty sporadically. All ok now and hope it's the same for the people of Randburg.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
I woke up the the house shaking. I thought I was going crazy. It's lasted about 10 seconds.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 40 min
Sounded like lightning, like it was moving towards us, house shook for 30 seconds0
Roodepoort (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 16 min
We have been asleep, when we heard the rumble almost as weather coming closer. Then we could felt the shaking and the windows rattling for a good 15 to 30 seconds. As the shaking got less, we could hear it roll out. When I looked at the time, it was 02:40 SA time.+1
Benoni (South Africa)
28 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 12 min
Car alarms went off. Could also hear the birds leave the trees0
Eden Glen (South Africa)
28 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 39 min
The bed was shiking and im staying on the 2nd floor0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
28 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 37 min
Woke us up, windows were shaking, vibrating0
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