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- The Geosciences Council says that the two earthquakes that occurred in Cape Town are nothing new and it is good that people are noticing these tremors.
- The council released a questionnaire asking people about their experience with the tremors.
- The information also helps the Geosciences Council to locate the epicenter precisely and take soil samples for analysis.
The Geosciences Council says the two tremors that occurred in Cape Town recently are nothing new and it is good that people are noticing them.
The council released a questionnaire asking people about their experience of the tremors after Cape Town experienced two on Saturday.
Acting Geosciences Council spokesman Mahlako Mathabatha said the purpose of the questionnaire was to gather information from the public about any ground shaking they may have experienced and obtain damage reports so they can follow up on assessment studies in the ground.
“The information also helps us to locate the epicenter accurately and take soil samples for analysis,” he added.
The shaking was felt around the Western Cape on Saturday and was caused by a 2.5 magnitude earthquake about 10 kilometers north of Malmesbury; while the second earthquake was registered around 09:12 on Sunday.
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However, scientist Mahlatse Mononela told News24 that the tremors were not unusual.
“The tremors are not unusual, it is a shame that in Cape Town they happened one after another,” Mononela said.
“People are becoming more aware of tremors and that’s a good thing.”
He said the more people understood the tremors, the less they would panic, especially with tremors that were less than magnitude 3.
Mononela said they received reports from people saying the tremors could have been caused by the newly mapped Table Bay fault line. However, she denied the allegations and said the Table Bay flaw was nothing new.
The questionnaire can be accessed at https://geoscience.org.za/index.php/questionaire-english.
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