The earthquake, which struck just before 12:30 was felt from the Free State, to KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga. The US Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, 120 km southwest of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of gold mines. Emergency services across the country were being put on high alert in all metropolitans amid fears of serious injuries after the quake struck apparently near the mining town of Orkney.
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Durbanites took to facebook to let us know how they felt:
Zainab Ismail I did I thought I was having a fainting spell lol
Didier Peinke – Happen in La Lucia too! I was thought there was construction working near my work. meh
Evan Davies – Latest figures say 6 on the rigter scale. Believe me, we felt it in Klerksdorp for a good 2 or three minutes. Not nice at all in fact very frightening!
Thomas Elderton – I felt it at half 12 in my flat in Morningside, had no clue what was going on. So hectic that it was felt country wide!
