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1358 testimonies
Johannesburg (South Africa)
38 km N from epicenter
T0 + 84 min
Felt the quake in the Midrand, Carlswald area, at around 02:40 am, I was awake.It shook the house a bit, and rattled the windows. For reference; our rooms are upstairs.There was also a low rumbling sound heard.It felt like the quake and sound got more intense as it continued; when I actually expected it to ease after a few seconds. Like the recent tremors we had.It increased so much so that, after 5 seconds; I was about to get out of bed and find a place to cover. It woke my mum in a panic, who was sleeping before it happened.At first I hought it was a low flying/crashing commercial aeroplane, because of the increasing intensity, and flight-paths over Midrand. Some of which are directly above our complex.My cats had been restles for ±2hrs before the quake, and growled as it happened. They continued to be restless for 1hr afterwards.Luckily no damages to our property seen at the moment.0
Vereeniging (South Africa)
38 km S from epicenter
T0 + 190 min
My trellidors on windows rattled and i also felt my bed shaking. I am in Vereeniging0
Benoni (South Africa)
38 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 34 min
Very intense, earth tremor felt in benoni !!!!! definitely above magnitude 5.1 !!!!!0
Tshwane (South Africa)
38 km N from epicenter
T0 + 108 min
Woke me up.0
Springs (South Africa)
38 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 25 min
The feeling is unexplainable, you just don’t know what to do when it happens. It wasn’t that bad but it shook me+1
Johannesburg (South Africa)
38 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 197 min
I was asleep at night and the shaking woke me.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
38 km N from epicenter
T0 + 288 min
I thought it's the end of the world0
Diepsloot (South Africa)
39 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 27 min
Lasted for more than 20 seconds0
Tembisa (South Africa)
39 km N from epicenter
T0 + 16 min
The house and windows were vibrating as well as the bed.0
Tembisa (South Africa)
39 km N from epicenter
T0 + 21 min
I felt like the building were to collapse at fisrt I thought it was a blasting taking place and was so scary. I reside near Midrand0
Vereeniging (South Africa)
39 km S from epicenter
T0 + 19 min
Very big earth quake. 4 tot 5 sec shaking0
Emfuleni (South Africa)
39 km S from epicenter
T0 + 56 min
I was asleep and suddenly woke up to the noise0
Tembisa (South Africa)
39 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 43 min
I'm in theTEMBISA ..I felt like the windows of the house where falling off...0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
39 km E from epicenter
T0 + 2372 min
The earthquake waked me up it was insane everything shook a bit.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
40 km E from epicenter
T0 + 26 min
Windows and the roof were shaking and it happened while I was asleep so I got woken up by it0
Midrand (South Africa)
40 km N from epicenter
T0 + 19 min
Lasted about 30 seconds0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
40 km N from epicenter
T0 + 12100 min
It was intense and felt longer than 20secs. Nothing fell from walls but I do have a slightly cracked wall.0
Rand West City (South Africa)
40 km W from epicenter
T0 + 22 min
Quite the most intense "tremor"/"earthquake" I've felt and it was also the longest in time span compared to previous ones.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
40 km N from epicenter
T0 + 59 min
I was asleep woken up by vibrations I thought I was dreaming 😩0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
40 km N from epicenter
T0 + 13 min
It was scary, the neighbourhood dogs started barking and the birds were chirping at 2:38. Super weird.0
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