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General Disclaimer

Earthquake information published on the Council for Geoscience Website (“the Website”) is obtained from waveforms recorded by smaller localised networks of the South African National Seismograph Network which are aimed at monitoring the seismicity in and around the mining regions more accurately. The focus on the mining regions is to assist in the understanding of seismicity in those regions as it poses a danger to lives as well as continued economic operations. The information provides both the automated and analysed assessment of earthquake parameters. Viewers of the Website are cautioned that the parameters shown are considered preliminary, unless otherwise indicated. Users are cautioned that the intended purpose and use is exclusively for information and that the Council for Geoscience does not accept liability arising from use of or inferences made from the information as published on the Website.

listed events

The following table lists the seismic events recorded by the Council for Geoscience where “origin time” indicates the date and time (in UTC) on which the event occurred; “Latitude” and “longitude” indicate the geographical coordinates of the location of the event in decimal degrees; “Magnitude” indicates the local magnitude (Ml) calculated for the event; “Magnitude Type” indicates preliminary determined local magnitude “M” (this may differ from the final magnitude); “Reviewed” indicates whether or not the event has been analysed and reviewed by a seismologist (“Y”) or if it is an automatic location (“N”) which has not been analysed; “Location” provides a link to view a map of the location of the event.

origin time latitude longitude magnitude magnitude type reviewed location
2023-05-16 18:09:39 -26.303 27.715 1.3 M Y View location
2023-05-16 16:38:19 -26.404 27.594 0.7 M Y View location
2023-05-16 16:36:57 -26.438 27.601 0.9 M Y View location
2023-05-16 16:23:34 -26.443 27.435 1.6 M Y View location
2023-05-16 16:04:32 -26.419 27.687 1.6 M Y View location
2023-05-16 08:41:45 -26.369 27.603 1.3 M Y View location
2023-05-16 08:16:35 -26.874 26.800 1.7 M Y View location
2023-05-16 06:54:33 -26.307 27.725 1.3 M Y View location
2023-05-16 06:54:33 -26.277 27.722 1.3 M Y View location
2023-05-16 05:32:38 -26.867 26.801 1.7 M Y View location
2023-05-16 04:44:30 -26.866 26.800 0.6 M Y View location
2023-05-16 04:21:10 -26.419 27.687 1.0 M Y View location
2023-05-15 22:43:50 -26.927 26.749 1.2 M Y View location
2023-05-15 21:47:27 -26.414 27.671 1.2 M Y View location
2023-05-15 20:35:40 -26.214 27.793 1.5 M Y View location
2023-05-15 20:29:49 -26.215 27.792 1.0 M Y View location
2023-05-15 17:14:54 -26.218 27.793 1.0 M Y View location
2023-05-15 16:25:44 -26.419 27.676 1.3 M Y View location
2023-05-15 16:22:39 -26.457 27.427 1.5 M Y View location
2023-05-15 16:21:27 -26.465 27.428 1.4 M Y View location
2023-05-15 14:41:42 -26.393 27.492 1.2 M Y View location
2023-05-15 14:08:06 -26.388 27.601 1.5 M Y View location
2023-05-15 07:45:21 -26.415 27.686 0.8 M Y View location
2023-05-15 07:12:20 -26.398 27.594 2.0 M Y View location
2023-05-15 07:07:48 -26.409 27.603 1.0 M Y View location
2023-05-15 05:53:58 -26.843 26.775 1.9 M Y View location
2023-05-15 04:45:19 -26.866 26.801 1.7 M Y View location
2023-05-15 04:31:58 -26.866 26.800 1.3 M Y View location
2023-05-15 03:58:44 -26.420 27.672 1.2 M Y View location
2023-05-15 02:48:23 -26.371 27.485 1.5 M Y View location
2023-05-14 23:25:49 -26.410 27.609 0.8 M Y View location
2023-05-14 19:21:09 -26.415 27.666 0.8 M Y View location
2023-05-14 14:39:20 -26.410 27.618 1.2 M Y View location
2023-05-14 07:44:18 -26.434 27.604 0.8 M Y View location
2023-05-14 07:22:49 -26.420 27.666 0.9 M Y View location
2023-05-14 04:04:55 -26.419 27.675 1.4 M Y View location
2023-05-14 04:03:59 -26.421 27.669 0.7 M Y View location
2023-05-14 02:50:01 -26.414 27.615 0.8 M Y View location
2023-05-14 02:40:12 -27.009 26.622 1.9 M Y View location
2023-05-14 02:03:30 -26.260 27.745 1.0 M Y View location
2023-05-14 01:43:58 -26.932 26.815 2.0 M Y View location
2023-05-14 01:34:37 -26.423 27.680 0.7 M Y View location
2023-05-14 00:59:06 -26.223 27.787 0.8 M Y View location
2023-05-14 00:58:02 -26.218 27.787 1.4 M Y View location
2023-05-13 23:29:07 -26.871 26.769 0.6 M Y View location
2023-05-13 19:12:24 -26.441 27.358 1.1 M Y View location
2023-05-13 17:39:02 -26.982 26.818 1.2 M Y View location
2023-05-13 16:34:08 -26.420 27.675 0.7 M Y View location
2023-05-13 16:26:14 -26.388 27.591 1.2 M Y View location
2023-05-13 16:24:24 -26.461 27.396 1.6 M Y View location