List of earthquakes in South Africa
20th and 21st century

List of earthquakes in South Africa

Section Title: 20th and 21st century
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Date	Time (SAST)	Epicentre	M_L	Depth	Notes

29 September 1969	Near Tulbagh	6.3	The 1969 earthquake remains the most destructive earthquake in South African history. The earthquake occurred in the Tulbagh area and measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, stronger than that of the 1809 Cape Town earthquake which destroyed a local Milnerton farm.

8 December 1976	Welkom	5.2	Four miners were killed.

26 September 1990	Welkom	4.2	Two people were killed.

9 March 2005	Stilfontein, North West	5.3	Two miners were killed underground.

28 May 2013	Near Mbabane	4.0	The earthquake was felt in Newcastle and lasted about six seconds.

22 June 2013	07:08	Thabazimbi, Limpopo	3.9	9 km	The earthquake was felt up in the Thabazimbi area.

7 July 2013	16:52	Barberton, Mpumalanga	4.7	5 km	The earthquake was felt in the Barberton area.

11 November 2013	University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng	4.0	The earthquake was felt as far as parts of northern and southern Johannesburg and lasted for around 10–15 seconds.

2 December 2013	21:18	~25 km south of Bela-Bela, Limpopo	4.8	5 km	The earthquake was felt as far as Parkhurst and Randburg in Johannesburg, Hartebeespoort Dam in North West, Witbank and KwaMhlanga in Mpumalanga, and Soshanguve near Pretoria.

15 June 2014	18:16	Near Orkney, North West	4.9 MW	5 km	The earthquake was felt up to Potchefstroom.

5 August 2014	12:22	Near Orkney, North West	5.5	5.0 km	The earthquake was felt as far as parts of Botswana and Durban, it lasted for around 90 sec. The local Council for Geoscience measured the earthquake at 5.5 on the Richter scale, while the United States Geological Survey recorded a moment magnitude of 5.4.

22 August 2014	1:14	Near Orange Farm, Gauteng	3.8	10 km	The second earthquake in South Africa in less than three weeks. No reports of injuries.

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The shock was assigned a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa, making it the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale.
A magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa was the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale.
The shock was assigned a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa, making it the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale.

final_sentence: The shock was assigned a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa, making it the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale.
final_sentence: A magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa was the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale.
final_sentence: The shock was assigned a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa, making it the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale.