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Witness location : Ekurhuleni (South Africa) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

Chile that thing was whew idk what to even say literally a bih was in dead sleep and then next thing I know everything is shaking my bed, my desk, the poor dogs were distressed like Chile I was shaking like physically even my dad was like "yo did you feel that" well daddy almost the whole of South Africa did so yes I did feel it. He says it probably had a magnitude of 3.6 I hope that it doesn't happen again like at least when I'm awake earth

Witness location : Ekurhuleni (South Africa) (7 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 382 min

I was in bed and was woken up by the house shaking violently. Nothing broke but the shake was very disturbing

Witness location : Germiston (South Africa) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Elspark, South Africa

Witness location : Boksburg (South Africa) (9 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 69 min

Interesting.. Scary

Witness location : Boksburg (South Africa) (9 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Grew up in a time when we had frequent mining related tremors. This was the worst I've experienced!

Witness location : Ekurhuleni (South Africa) (9 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 172 min

Fascia boards fell from roof

Witness location : Ekurhuleni (South Africa) (13 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 42 min

Was woken up with windows rattling and lots of noise

Witness location : Ekurhuleni (South Africa) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 111 min

The vibrations woke me up

Witness location : Brakpan (South Africa) (16 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

I was sleeping and the shaking woke me up. Lasted for about 10 seconds

Witness location : Boksburg (South Africa) (17 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Lasted about 2-3 seconds. Whole building apartment shook.

Witness location : Germiston (South Africa) (17 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

The rumbling was very loud just before the shaking. Everything shook but duration was only a few seconds.

Witness location : Alberton (South Africa) (18 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 83 min

South Hills. was too much of a shock experience to grab a camera and record spoke to people and they felt it near Mall of the South as well as Brackenhurst

Witness location : Boksburg (South Africa) (18 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 83 min

Boksburg, South Africa. Windows were rattling, bed was shaking. Got a big fright so early in the morning.

Witness location : Boksburg (South Africa) (19 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 156 min

18 heather avenue Boksburg- shock entire house

Witness location : Ekurhuleni (South Africa) (19 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

I was in bed about to get up for my morning routine when I heard the pigeons outside crashing into my bedroom window and just then windows started shaking!I could hear plates and cups shaking in the kitchen took few seconds and it was gone

Witness location : Benoni (South Africa) (21 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Light tremble lasting a few seconds

Witness location : Edenvale (South Africa) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Glass in Windows rattling, birds going crazy, furniture vibrating. latest 5seconds.. felt way longer..

Witness location : Johannesburg (South Africa) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 271 min

Windows and furniture vibrating and rattling for about 5 - 7 seconds

Witness location : Johannesburg (South Africa) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 269 min

Significant rumbling and vibration for about 7 seconds .Windows rattled.

Witness location : Benoni (South Africa) (21 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Our windows rattled very badly, with reports of a quake about 30 minutes from me (in Tembisa)

Witness location : Eden Glen (South Africa) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

From Boksburg

Witness location : Johannesburg (South Africa) (23 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 64 min

felt shaking, heard rumbling

Witness location : Eden Glen (South Africa) (24 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Edenvale South Africa

Witness location : Edenvale (South Africa) (25 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Mild earthquake in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Witness location : Johannesburg (South Africa) (26 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

I was in the toilet and thought what is going on. Then I read about a few people asking if they felt it. No video or images

Witness location : Modderfontein (South Africa) (32 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Felt a hard rolling tremor

Witness location : Randburg (South Africa) (35 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

I felt one in Randburg South Africa

Witness location : Randburg (South Africa) (38 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1017 min

Almost nothing…barely felt it