Light magnitude of 3.0 earthquake hits south of Boksburg, South Africa

There is a report on a Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake, 8.1 Km South of Boksburg, in South Africa, on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 11:01 am (GMT +2).


Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 22.9°C (73 F), humidity: 46%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from NNEPrimary data source:EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) More info

27 Oct 09:03 UTCFirst to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 2 minutes.
27 Oct 09:07: Now using data updates from EMSCI felt this quakeI didn’t feel itDate & time: Oct 27, 2021 09:01:24 UTC – 2 hours 42 minutes ago
Local time at epicenter: Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021 11:01 am (GMT +2)
Magnitude: 3
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 26.28°S / 28.23°E↗ ZA (Ekurhuleni Metropolitan MunicipalityGautengSouth Africa)
Antipode: 26.28°N / 151.77°W
Nearby towns and cities:
8 km (5 mi) SSW of Boksburg (pop: 445,200) –> See nearby quakes!
11 km (7 mi) E of Alberton (pop: 121,500) –> See nearby quakes!
14 km (8 mi) SW of Benoni (pop: 605,300) –> See nearby quakes!
15 km (9 mi) WSW of Brakpan (pop: 305,700) –> See nearby quakes!
17 km (11 mi) WSW of Springs (pop: 186,400) –> See nearby quakes!
17 km (11 mi) SSE of Edenvale (pop: 49,300) –> See nearby quakes!
21 km (13 mi) ESE of Johannesburg (pop: 2,026,500) –> See nearby quakes!
37 km (23 mi) E of Soweto (pop: 1,695,000) –> See nearby quakes!
60 km (37 mi) S of Pretoria (pop: 1,619,400) –> See nearby quakes!
295 km (183 mi) SE of Gaborone (Botswana) (pop: 208,400) –> See nearby quakes!

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