West Rand tremor ‘no major threat’, says Geoscience Council
The South African Council for Geoscience says the tremor felt on the West Rand on Thursday doesn't pose any major threat.
Preliminary data from the council suggests a 2.8 magnitude tremor hit south-east of Randfontein around midday.
This comes few days after Cape Town was hit by 6.2 magnitude tremor struck about 1,600 kilometres offshore.
The council's Michelle Grobler says the cause of the tremor is not yet known.
"It was located at 12:47 pm with a magnitude of 2.8 and it hasn't been checked yet by our analyst. It is unlikely to have any too much damage, but our teams of seismologists will go and interview people on the ground," says Grobler.
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