Earthquake

[Oupa Stig]

Age gets to us all. SWAMBO and I aren't all that busy anymore, but when we do the funky chicken folks down in Durbs also feel the earth move.
Sorry.

[Toppie4x4]

Dit was erg hier in Centurion Gauteng, hoor nou op die radio dit was in Orkney 10km onder gronds en het 5.3 gelles op die rigterskaal.............baie scary om dit te beleef, het maar uit die huis gegaan want my plafon is beton :wth: :wth: :wth:

[mcw]

6km east of Orkney at 12.22pm today earthquake registering 5.3 on Richter scale
felt the shaking here in Krugersdorp for about 1.5 minutes

Hoping not many injured or dead at mines in that area

Martin

[Oupa Stig]

Never say die.

[CasKru]

Age gets to us all. SWAMBO and I aren't all that busy anymore, but when we do the funky chicken folks down in Durbs also feel the earth move.
Sorry.

Evidently the epicentre was between 6 to 12km South of Orkney and about 10km deep. I've also received some info that some houses collapsed in Orkney :shifty: :shifty:

[Borntofish]

[Oupa Stig]

Werner jy't my voorgespring. Wou hom laai maar die blerrie prentjie wou nie opgaan nie.

[Oupa Stig]

En ja, hoop nie iemand het seergekry nie, voel jammer vir die ouens met skade.

[Borntofish]

Ja dit klink my in Orkney is daar skade. En meeste van ons het nie versekering hiervoor nie. As dit myn verband is, is dit gewoonlik uitgesluit.

[Thunder02]

I see you guys are quick on the uptake

[CasKru]

Daar is 'n tsunami waarskuwing uit gereik vir die vaaldam

[Cleaner]

Yep, quite a scare, also evacuated Buildings in the Woesrand, they were shaking like they at a party!

[Family_Dog]

I was quietly minding my business here at work when all hell let loose! I have never, ever, experienced anything like this before. Foolishly, after the lights went off within a few seconds, I stared at my computer dancing a jig on its desk and just grabbed it to steady it, while watching the window glass behind it, expecting it to shatter. After about 40 seconds, the rumbling just carrying on and on and on, I figured it just might be wise to leave everything and get out of the building!

The epicentre is apparently just 15km from here outside Orkney, just across the Vaal River. I have two cottages at the Vaal Reefs Boating Club and according to the map, the epicentre was 3km from them. Haven't been out there to check yet but my nephew has shot through to look at things.

Our electricity (the whole of Klerksdorp was off) was restored about 20 minutes ago.

There have been reports so far of three houses having totally collapsed at Stilfontein, also some 15km from the epicentre. My home is OK, I shot home to check on it. Some items here and there had fallen but no apparent damage to anything that I could see. Just quite an amount of dust that had fallen through from where the ceiling edges on the wall.

-F_D

[Thunder02]

Martin, did you not see what happened on the other thread

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[Family_Dog]

Two threads have been merged...


-F_D
(still a-shakin'...)

[Thunder02]

Two threads have been merged...


-F_D
(still a-shakin'...)

Split due to the quake

[Cleaner]

Glad all is fine Uncle Eric!

[Samurai]

[KOBUSL]

Age gets to us all. SWAMBO and I aren't all that busy anymore, but when we do the funky chicken folks down in Durbs also feel the earth move.
Sorry.

Mickey epicentre was Orkney, NOT Jhb

[pietpetoors]

Nothing in Western Cape , Helen Zille stopped it

[pietpetoors]

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Magnitude mb 5.2
Region SOUTH AFRICA
Date time 2014-08-05 10:22:36.3 UTC
Location 27.05 S ; 26.75 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 140 km SW of Soweto, South Africa / pop: 1,695,047 / local time: 12:22:36.3 2014-08-05
11 km SE of Orkney, South Africa / pop: 145,801 / local time: 12:22:36.3 2014-08-05

[Pumba]

Dis lekker innie Kaap...

Sterkte daar bo :!: :!: :!:

[pietpetoors]

See, Ma Zille stopped it just before the border, I told you!

[Samurai]

Sorry, I just have too!!

[Oupa Stig]

Stuart, I just pee'd a bit in my pants, I laughed so hard!

[Mud Dog]

Sorry, I just have too!!

HA! So that was the cause!

[Family_Dog]

Unfortunately an elderly gentleman died in Orkney when a wall collapsed and fell on him. Scores of other people have suffered severe damage to their homes.


-F_D

[Hoppy]

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[Hoppy]

Hy was nog oppad Kaap toe, maar toe word hy ge hi-jack

[Masekind]

[The Legend]

Het gisteraand my SFA gemeet.Staan nou vir die eerste keer 100% gelyk

So die fout was by die grond oppervlakte

[Haboob]

Sorry to hear about the death and damage, just thankful that it was not worse. Hope the expected aftershocks will be gentle...

[Sebata]

[CasKru]

I think they could really use a huge amount of aftershock

[Hoppy]

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[Family_Dog]

Weird thing so far is the fact that the aftershocks have been very mild - we have experienced far stronger aftershocks with much smaller tremors before. There were still parts of town without power earlier today, don't know if this is sorted out yet.

Unfortunately, it is always the under-privileged who suffer the most and they are the ones without insurance - although I am not sure insurance would cover this anyway. But the NW Government has stepped in and promised to assist those who suffered loss on a case by case basis, but it is still very traumatic for them. How the loss of life remains at only one person is simply a miracle - I really expected many more to have being seriously injured.


-F_D

[CasKru]

Weird thing so far is the fact that the aftershocks have been very mild - we have experienced far stronger aftershocks with much smaller tremors before. There were still parts of town without power earlier today, don't know if this is sorted out yet.

Unfortunately, it is always the under-privileged who suffer the most and they are the ones without insurance - although I am not sure insurance would cover this anyway. But the NW Government has stepped in and promised to assist those who suffered loss on a case by case basis, but it is still very traumatic for them. How the loss of life remains at only one person is simply a miracle - I really expected many more to have being seriously injured.


-F_D

Maybe in this case the original quake release most of the stresses hence the reason for no after shocks. Don't actually know why they call it an aftershock as it's not a wave in the crust of the earth that ripple back, it's just another quake due to the stresses that now shifted to another spot and then being released.