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An earthquake struck Boksburg in the east of Johannesburg at 6.32am on Friday, the SA Council of Geoscience confirmed.Image: 123rf/ Jerry Rainey
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Earthquake of 3.5 magnitude strikes Boksburg

An earthquake struck Boksburg in the east of Johannesburg at 6.32am on Friday. The Council for Geoscience said preliminary data indicated that the earthquake measured 3.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. “At this point‚ it does seem like…

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Some residents of the southern city of Cape Town posted on Twitter that they had felt the tremor.Image: Cape Town Tourism / Craig Howes
CAPE TOWN

Tremors felt in Cape Town after earthquake off coast

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck offshore from South Africa on Saturday, according to the US 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…

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A boy being treated at by the Indonesian Navy hospital ship “KRI dr. Soeharso” walks along the dock in the earthquake and tsunami hit Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
INDONESIA

SA aid team returns from earthquake-ravaged Indonesia

The South African Gift of the Givers team which was deployed to earthquake-torn Indonesia will be heading home on Friday. “The teams are leaving this evening‚ arriving tomorrow morning. We were the last foreign team left and virtually the…

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