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A tremor was felt in the Western Cape.
- There were a total of five tremors in South Africa on Thursday, including one in the West Rand and three near Emalahleni.
- The National Geosciences Council says there is no need to panic, as this is normal.
- An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.8 was felt in West Rand on Thursday.
There were a total of five tremors in South Africa on Thursday, one of which registered a magnitude of 2.8, felt along the West Rand.
National Geosciences Council spokesman Mahlatse Mononela said there was no need to panic as this was a normal activity.
She said the West Rand quake was most strongly recorded within a 5 km radius southeast of Randfontein on local instruments, and was also detected on national instruments.
The council was still collecting data on whether it affected mines or was related to mining.
The council recorded four more:
A 2.1 near Emalahleni at 16:53
At 2.6 near Emalehleni at 15:39
At 2.7 near Emalahleni at 13:26
At 2.7 near Odendaalsrus at 02:26
Mononela explained that the tremors weren’t unusual, especially the one in the West Rand. She said many did not feel because of the rockier terrain.
The list of seismic events was available on their website and showed several from those felt in Cape Town on Saturday and Sunday.
This shows the frequency of earthquakes in South Africa (Screengrab: National Council for Geosciences)
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The council confirmed its earlier finding that Cape Town’s seismic activity was not related to a larger earthquake at sea on Saturday night.
READ | Cape Town tremors: not unusual and no need to panic, experts say
Monomela said there was no unusual spike in these events, and if it seems like there was more, it was because people were becoming more aware of its occurrence on a daily basis around the world.
“There is no need to panic,” he said.
Meanwhile, a swarm of earthquakes that began Wednesday, southeast of the Salton Sea in California, produced 240 earthquakes between the San Andreas Fault in the north and the Imperial Fault in the south, according to a report from a United States geological survey. United.
