Earthquakes can be scary — stillness and calm preceding a sudden, violent shaking. Often, they can be devastating, as was the case in Türkiye in February, when an earthquake measuring about 7.8 ...

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday struck near Johannesburg, shaking buildings across South Africa's most populous province, the Unites States Geological Survey reported.

Two earthquakes hit South Africa over the weekend. The Council for Geoscience confirmed that Friday’s earth tremor was indeed an earthquake and that it occurred roughly 39km west of the massive ...

South Africa: Earthquake Hits Parts of Gauteng. ... the Free State was also hit by earth tremors but did not cause any ... also confirmed that the earthquake hit about 60 km South of Bloemfontein.

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Johannesburg, shaking buildings across South Africa's most populous province, United States Geological Survey (USGS) noted. The tremor struck at 2:38 am ...

Professor Drennan said its very difficult to predict if South Africa will experience a major earthquake with catastrophic consequences. Johannesburg residents were shaken awake on Thursday morning ...

South Africa: KZN Hit By Double Earthquakes. ... An independent meteorologist, Dr Angelo Hoorn, estimated Saturday's earth tremor to be around 4.6 magnitude, according to the Citizen newspaper.

This is the strongest earthquake to rattle South Africa since April 3, 2017, when a 5.2 ... “Shallow earthquakes usually have a larger impact than earthquakes deep in the earth,” the ...