JOHANNESBURG — An earthquake shook South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg, early Sunday.The U.S. Geological Survey, which records earthquakes around the world, recorded a 5.0 magnitude ...

South Africa reported that 23 nationals, who had been subjected to forced labour and torture in Myanmar, had been rescued. Others were still there, an official said.

The earthquake's epicenter was 30.45 degrees south latitude and 19.44 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km. Strong tremors were felt in Cape Town, the country's legislative capital.

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded in South Africa, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reported. The quake’s epicenter was 101 kilometers west of the town of Brandvlei with the ...