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Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (10 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Lasted for around 10 seconds

Witness location : Mmathubudukwane (Botswana) (12 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Very loud- thought the roof may fall!

Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (12 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

The quake lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds. Quite strange in my experience

Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (16 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Was sitting, working on my laptop when a sudden shaking occurred, continuing for about 3 to 5 seconds. My girlfriend came running to the room thinking it was a gas cylinder (she scared of gas cylinders).I went outside and people were looking through their windows to see what was going on....

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Felt like a huge tremor with a wave sounding like it came from the south going north

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt a loud sound of continuous vibration much like a low flying flight noise no things fell. Was a tremor at 1245hrs at Botswana Southern Africa in gaborone city

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Very sudden for approx 10sec

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Loud continuous noise as if a big truck was speeding by; floor rumbling, windows rattling

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

There was a loud noise coming from the earth. it lasted close to 10 sec.

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

A slight vibration that shook the house tor about 5 seconds..

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Wow quite strange. Our kids came out of their rooms rushing outside. It was scary. It lasted about 15 seconds. We then noticed a small crack by the airbrick.

Witness location : (Botswana) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

I was napping and felt the house shaking for few seconds to a minute. It was really shaking because even the couch I got felt it then I rushed out Incase it was something serious.

Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (17 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 169 min

Slight shaking for about 10 seconds plus deep rumbling for about 30 seconds.

Witness location : Kgaphamadi (Botswana) (18 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Earth tremor in phakalane.

Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (18 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Tremor in Gaborone. Last 3-4 seconds

Witness location : South East (Botswana) (19 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Felt like an extremely long thunder roll, about 15 secss long.

Witness location : Kgaphamadi (Botswana) (19 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Hectic

Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (19 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Light vibrations with rumbling noise like a Roller Compactor

Witness location : Kgaphamadi (Botswana) (20 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Started with a rumble, then a violent shake, disappearing after about 20 seconds

Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (20 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Mild earthquake, no damage

Witness location : Dumadumana (Botswana) (20 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Scary, house shaking and had to rush outside

Witness location : Gaborone (Botswana) (21 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

A long loud rumbling

Witness location : Mogoditshane (Botswana) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

The houses and ground were shaking but it didn't destroy houses where I am. But my house was shaking big time

Witness location : Mogoditshane (Botswana) (21 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

Heard very loud rumbling that last for about less than a minute. The whole house was shaking a lot. I immediately went under a table for protection because I felt like it might be a big earthquake.

Witness location : Dumadumana (Botswana) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Slightseismic tremors

Witness location : Mogoditshane (Botswana) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 153 min

It had felt something really huge dropped from a truck about 10 m away rolling over a hump and the noise kept rolling on for about 5 seconds. There was no movement. Just a loud sound.

Witness location : Mogoditshane (Botswana) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 95 min

It sounded like there was an explosion then followed by a short lived tremor. The tremor then grew in intensity because the walls started shaking as well as the windows but furniture did not move in the house.

Witness location : Thamaga (Botswana) (43 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Rattle my house & felt rumble for appr 10 seconds.