A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Stilfontein in South Africa. The temblor was reported at 08:57:29 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/25 / 2025-04-17 08:57:29 / April 17, 2025 @ 8:57 am. Exact location, longitude 26.8206° East, latitude -26.9177° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6px. Unique identifier: us6000q6px.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sasolburg, Allanridge, Kroonstad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Carletonville (c. 182 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Klerksdorp (c. 178 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Orkney (c. 145 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Potchefstroom (c. 123 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kroonstad (c. 104 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Stilfontein (c. 93 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sasolburg (c. 77 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, South Africa (c. 49 000 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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