#Earthquake (#aardbewing) possibly felt 2 min 24 sec ago in #SouthAfrica. Felt it? Tell us via:
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⚠ Automatic crowdsourced detection, not seismically verified yet. More info soon!
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🔔#Earthquake (#aardbewing) M4.8 occurred 12 km SE of #Johannesburg (South Africa) 7 min ago (local time 02:38:52). More info at:
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#Earthquake 12 km SE of #Johannesburg (South Africa) 9 min ago (local time 02:38:52). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience:
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❓ Magnitude = Intensity? Nope! An #earthquake has only ONE value of magnitude but SEVERAL values of intensity, which can vary from place to place. In particular, the intensity decreases as we get away from the #earthquake👇
🔎 Map of background focal mechanisms:
Earthquakes may happen anytime: what to do during the shaking?
🠪 INSIDE: take shelter, keep away from windows.
🠪 OUTSIDE: stay away from anything that might collapse (bridges, roofs, electrical wires).
🠪 INSIDE: take shelter, keep away from windows.
🠪 OUTSIDE: stay away from anything that might collapse (bridges, roofs, electrical wires).
ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M4.9 #earthquake (#aardbewing) hit #Johannesburg (South Africa) at 02:38:55 local time (UTC 00:38:55). Shaking was felt over 60km by approximately 8M people in South Africa.
ℹ Aftershocks may occur in the next hours/days. Unless it is necessary, stay away from damaged areas for your safety 🙏 Be careful and follow national authorities' information.
🗨Eyewitnesses are saying: 'Shaking, loud rumbling noise, windows shaking[…]' Felt the #earthquake too? Share your experience and read others' at:
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#Earthquake 15 km S of #Johannesburg (South Africa) 24 min ago (local time 02:38:55). Updated map - Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience via:
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🔎 Regional instrumental seismicity in South Africa. The colored dots represent the #earthquakes that have struck the region [using @ISCseism catalog -1960 to 2020- and @EMSC data -from 2021 onwards]:
🔎 Deadliest #earthquakes that occurred in recent years within 300km of #Johannesburg (South Africa): 09/03/2005 a M5.0 led to 2 casualties, and on 05/08/2014 a M5.5 led to 1 casualty.
❓Do you have an #earthquake prediction? The Collaboratory for the Study of #Earthquake Predictability(scec.org) accepts predictions & evaluates them. Careful though: saying you did predict after the #earthquake happens means nothing😉
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