Quake hits Gauteng


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Cape Town – A tremor hit some parts of Gauteng at 21:19 on Monday night, lasting up to 10 seconds.
Twitter users from all over Gauteng, from Pretoria to Randburg, reported that their walls and floors were literally shaking.

#Tremor took place at around 9:19pm on Monday. No reports of injuries or structural damage at this stage.

— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) December 2, 2013

So the earth wiggled and for the 1st time, I’ve felt a #Tremor in Pretoria… Weird feeling!

— .????MîcHellé ? (@002Mich) December 2, 2013

People tweeting about a #tremor from Jhb, Midrand, Pretoria, kwaNdebele, Shoshanguve and all the way to Warmbad. Didn’t feel it in Akasia

— inetpro (@inetpro) December 2, 2013

Also felt a #Tremor outside Vaalwater, Limpopo lasted almost a minute

— Lehanie (@Lehanienan) December 2, 2013

@News24 Felt a strong #tremor in Radiokop near Clearwater Mall. Windows was rattling. What a weird feeling!

— Lecinda Weiss (@LecindaWeiss) December 2, 2013

Mandy Wiener reported via Twitter that the tremor was felt most strongly in Pretoria and northern parts of Johannesburg.

Tremor seems to have been felt most strongly in Pretoria and northern parts of Joburg. #Tremor

— Mandy Wiener (@MandyWiener) December 2, 2013

She also reported via Twitter that she had Tweets from people from Modimolle and Bela Bela in Limpopo that they had felt the tremors too.

Gosh people are tweeting me from Modimolle and Bela Bela in Limpopo saying their walls were shaking. #Tremor

— Mandy Wiener (@MandyWiener) December 2, 2013

Some users saw the lighter side of things.

Is the #tremor,, God’s way of saying no to Etolls???

— Muhammed Vahed (@Movahed786) December 2, 2013

E-tolls at 12 and tremors ar 9. Coincidence much? #eToll #tremor

— Rochelle (@rochellebel) December 2, 2013

Wiith #e-tolls five-to,our ancestors are even shaking their heads in disbelief,hence latest #tremor in Gauteng

— Tumi Seloane (@TumiSeloane) December 2, 2013

Mother Nature does not support #eTolls. #Tremor reported in a lot of Gauteng tonight.

— Annie ? ? ? (@26DegreesSouth) December 2, 2013

I wonder who won the tender to make S.A tremor

— Joint Smith (@DeepS4real) December 2, 2013

@gussilber: Another small tremor has just shaken Johannesburg. A sure sign of the impending e-Pocalypse.”

— Clarke May (@Clarke_May) December 2, 2013

Eish Gauteng people claiming the #Tremor they felt was the #etoll gantries firing up. Gautengers have an abundance of humour.

— Sandanathi™ (@sandaxaba) December 2, 2013

Gauteng had a quake about three weeks ago, but no damage or injuries were reported.

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