Earthquake in Cape Town
Savanna News understands that A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck offshore from Cape Town, in the province of Western Cape in South Africa on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Some residents of the southern city of Cape Town posted on Twitter that they had felt the tremor, which the USGS said occurred at around 1710 GMT, at a depth of 10 kilometres and far south of South Africa’s coast.
“Guys, we just felt a tremor in Cape Town. Our house shook, the ground shook and rumbled, there was a faint rumbling sound. It all lasted five seconds and we felt it,” one Cape Town resident wrote on Twitter.
Some residents shared on social media that they did not feel the tremor whereas others revealed they positively understood it was an earthquake that happened in Cape Town.
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Earthquakes are not common in South Africa whereas cold fronts have hit the region more than once this year alone without causing much damage.
State broadcaster SABC News reported that an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.2 has been felt across Cape Town. According to the US Geological Survey, the tremor originated about 1600 km south-west of South Africa at a depth of ten kilometres. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning has been issued. The National Centre for Seismology confirmed the earthquake
Cape Town residents are fearing the worst, that a tsunami might be following the earthquake as has been the case in other countries that experienced extensive damage.
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There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage at the moment of publishing. We are monitoring the situation closely.
Earthquake in Cape Town