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1358 testimonies
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
7 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 280 min
Woke me up0
Alberton (South Africa)
7 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 50 min
Scary0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
7 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 271 min
Good dayIt was around 2am and you could hear the earthquake coming, once it came everything around us started vibrating. Then it moved along0
Alberton (South Africa)
7 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 30 min
Was woken up around 2:35 with bed trembling and windows rattling. Car and house alarms were going off and dogs in the neighborhood went quite for a few seconds. Was very scary to be woken up from it.0
Alberton (South Africa)
7 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 29 min
Very scary0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
7 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 112 min
Was sleeping when rumbling started. The bed and building was shaking. The birds were startled as well.0
Alberton (South Africa)
7 km E from epicenter
T0 + 15 min
Woke me up at 02:39 felt the shaking0
Alberton (South Africa)
7 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 25 min
Very loud rumbling ,started softly for a few seconds then really loud rumbles and shook the house ,constant loud rumble for atleast 30seconds+3
Alberton (South Africa)
7 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
Woke me up. Dogs and birds all over went mad. Lasted a few minutes+3
Johannesburg (South Africa)
7 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 26 min
The neighbourhood dogs and roosting hadedas felt it too. My little cat was petrified. Her tail was twice it’s normal size. Eish from a dead sleep to rock and roll.+2
Johannesburg (South Africa)
8 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 52 min
Scary stuff...0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
8 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 14 min
Lasted around 20 seconds and woke us all up early in the morning around 02H39+3
Alberton (South Africa)
8 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 36 min
Was sleeping, thought I was dreaming cause it lasted for some time0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
8 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 225 min
Everything rumbled and shook. The tremor persisted for a longer than normal frame of time of past tremors. It woke me up and it looked like everything was moving left and right.0
Riverlea (South Africa)
8 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 29 min
Tremor woke us up0
Alberton (South Africa)
8 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 11 min
Scared me shitless+15
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
8 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 608 min
Loud rumbling with vibration and shaking for about 15-20 seconds. This happened at 02:38 AM and the entire family was awakened by it. Dogs and birds were startled.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
8 km N from epicenter
T0 + 193 min
Scariest and longest earthquake I experienced0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
8 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 38 min
Sleeping and woken up by tremor. Jesus help us0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
8 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 72 min
It woke me up in my sleep, I heard a rumbling like it was a constant thunder. My bed was shaking like crazy+1
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