Tremor recorded ahead of bridge collapse
The Council for Geoscience has confirmed a tremor was recorded in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
It was recorded hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed on the N3.
The tremor measured 2.7 on the moment magnitude scale, according to the Council for Geoscience.
Senior scientist Michelle Grobbelaar says the tremor is not necessarily linked to the incident.
Residents in the south of Johannesburg took to social media with reports of the tremor.
Some say they were left shaken at around midnight.
The pedestrian bridge collapsed on the N3 highway shortly afterwards.
Five people were injured after a truck and a car drove into the collapsed bridge in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Yes, we felt it at 23:48 in Alberton, it was confirmed by other residents & comunity forum.
— Marlie Geyser (@Marlie_G) August 9, 2017
Indeed.. also from Alberton. Quite scary waking up to what sounded like an aeroplane on top of our house
— Karma J (@JeneKotze) August 9, 2017
yes around 11:55, it was strong the whole house was shaking
— Michelle Francis (@Venetiae) August 9, 2017