Durbanites recount mini tremor on Twitter
A mini earth tremor has reportedly been experienced in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, with a number of Twitter users saying they felt the earth move at around 11:00 on Saturday.
The tremor is understood to have lasted for four seconds, and was felt from Richards Bay all the way to the Midlands.
"The ground shook for a couple of seconds," user @RealOBHS tweeted.
@teachernology tweeted: "Wow... just had the house shake."
@SiyaFuzeSA weighed in: "People won't take us serious guys if we call it a tremor, we just survived an earthquake bafwethu in Durban, cishe safa!"
Notice how not a single JHB person wishes they were in Durban for the #DurbanTremor but when it happened in JHB, Durban felt robbed
— Ashish Sewgoolam (@ashish_za) February 6, 2016
But @Piscesboi2016 reckoned it was not that impressive: "lol seriously? My farts are stronger then that 'earthquake'."
ER24 tweeted that a 3.1 magnitude earth tremor had hit Durban and surrounding areas.
I finally felt a tremor in Durban and I realised, just how badly I was dressed for the 7 o clock news
— Anele (@aneh_leh) February 6, 2016
According to KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services, no injuries or damage has been reported.
They tweeted that the tremor was felt from iLembe down to Port Shepstone and inland to Pietermaritzburg.
Source: News24