The earthquake the East Rand region experienced on Sunday was felt quite strongly due to the shallowness of it, while the size is unusual for that region.
At 02:38 on Sunday for about 10 to 20 seconds parts of Gauteng shook due to a moderate earthquake that measured 4.4 on the local magnitude scale.
Willem Meintjes, acting executive manager at the Council for Geosciences, and Professor Emeritus Raymond Durrheim, of the Wits school of geosciences, spoke to News24 about the tremor that was felt in the region.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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