Twitter ablaze as second tremor strikes
Within minutes after a tremor shaking parts of South Africa, social media sites were buzzing with people sharing their experiences - some of them a few hundred kilometres apart.
An earthquake in Botswana, measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale, was felt as far as Johannesburg South.
According to Jacaranda FM listeners they also felt the earth move in Kempton Park, Pretoria East, Tzaneen, Zeerust and Rustenburg.
The tremor struck at around 19:30 on Monday night with several people posting videos of their experience on social media, saying that it lasted more than a minute.
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As Vaal university of technology students run for their lives😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣#tremor pic.twitter.com/dgqqOA7JJ0
— sabrina modika (@briyanah) April 4, 2017
USGS - 6.8 magnitude quake in Botswana. That's very, very big. Here's the location. #tremor #earthquake pic.twitter.com/hmczMg4LlR
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) April 3, 2017
Second #Tremor today in Pretoria, this one lasted a bit longer! 😳
— 18 March🎂🎁 (@TshidiNchabelen) April 3, 2017
Did anyone else feel that #tremor ??? #PretoriaEast 🤔
— Tayla Welch (@TaylaWelch) April 3, 2017