Tremor hits Southern Cape

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: news24

Cape Town – A light tremor has struck the Southern Cape.

Columnist Ivo Vegter, who is currently in Knysna, confirmed to News24 that a "light, but quite noticeable" tremor took place at approximately 16:15 on Saturday afternoon.

News24 and Twitter users took to the internet on Saturday afternoon to report the news.



Read more: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Tremor-hits-Southern-Cape-20110514

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Nothing is showing up on quake maps yet, there are very few seismographs in Africa..

dcb23‎ RT @caa1000: Earthquake just hits South Africa. Developing. #Breaking #News #CNN
Twitter - 1 hour ago
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ProducerMatthew‎ Eyewitness also reporting earthquake in Knysna, South Africa.
Twitter - 1 hour ago
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ProducerMatthew‎ Just in: Earthquake in South Africa struck shortly after 4:15pm local time.
Twitter - 1 hour ago
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ProducerMatthew‎ Just in: Sizable earthquake rattles Garden Route, South Africa - KFM Radio

[defendandprotect]

1. K/R

Using this thread to add this --

The Japan earthquake moved the earth off its axis by 3" -- roughly --

and the Chile earthquake in 2010 also moved the earth off its axis by 3" --

[gristy]

2. There are on average 50 measureable earthquakes per day

this looks like it's 1 of those 50