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1358 testimonies
Johannesburg (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 346 min
i was asleep, when all of sudden i felt my bed shaking. It definitely woke me up and i was bit worried because it went on for a while. Luckily nothing broke0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 50 min
We woke up from our sleep to the rumbling sound.. never experienced it before0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
It was scary, as South Africa does not have earth quakes0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 232 min
Felt the house, bed shake. A few dogs were barking. And birds flocked past just before the earthquake. Happened for about 30 seconds.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 354 min
House shook, all contents in house shook, and the sound was very loud0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 24 min
Was hectic. Felt ground shaking and walls and windows shaking.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
Very scary. Felt like it lasted forever. House shaking . I0
Randburg (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
Windows trembling.0
Roodepoort (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 11 min
Little falls roodepoort-1
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km E from epicenter
T0 + 376 min
Felt like strong wind blowing and with thunderstorms going0
Roodepoort (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 17 min
I was surprised how long it lasted for and how loud it was. My whole bed shook0
Roodepoort (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 35 min
Lasted for about 30-40sec0
Benoni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
We were fast a sleep in Northmead, Benoni Gauteng and it felt as if it was right here as the walls and windows were shaking for about a minute. After which the dogs in the area started barking. No direct damage detected.0
Benoni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 16 min
Lasted about 15 to 20 seconds was still audible at 30 seconds0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 49 min
Nothing broke but everything was shaking and creaking including the roof0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
29 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 306 min
Shook for quite some time I almost went outside incase it starts getting worse and the builing starts to collapse. It was a loud rumbling sound.0
Springs (South Africa)
29 km E from epicenter
T0 + 11 min
House, windows and furniture everything was shaking, dogs went ballistic and took a while to calm down.0
Randburg (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
Long earth tremor but lucky no damage-1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 57 min
Was sleeping at the time and bed rattled a little and rumbling noise.0
Randburg (South Africa)
29 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 15 min
What instantly woke me up was the banging sound coming from my bathroom, thought it was wind but as I got out of bed to check I could feel movement. My bathroom door was shaking0
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