Roughly a minute-long earth tremor was felt in various parts of the country including Sapa’s offices in Greenside, Johannesburg, after midday on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Reuters reported that it was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake which hit central South Africa, shaking buildings in the financial capital of Johannesburg.<\/span><\/p>\n The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, 120 km (70 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of gold mines.<\/p>\n Sapa’s building shook and pictures and computers rattled during the extended tremor.<\/p>\n Sapa’s reporter in Durban said the tremor was felt there too and people went out to the streets.<\/p>\n At Durban Bay House, one of the tallest buildings in the city, people had evacuated the building.<\/p>\n People immediately took to social media to report it.<\/p>\n “Who else just felt the earthquake. That was a crazy… tremor,” said Johannesburg resident Adrian Patrick on Facebook.<\/p>\n “Here in Durban too,” responded Byron David.<\/p>\n Citizens from Johannesburg to KwaZulu-Natal, North West, and Cape Town reported feeling the tremor.<\/p>\n Reports of buildings being evacuated in Johannesburg, Umhlanga, and other cities were also being reported on Twitter.<\/p>\n The SA Weather Service and the Council for Geosciences could not immediately be reached for details on the tremor.<\/p>\n City of Joburg drops broadband provider<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on Joburg<\/h3>\n