Did the earth move for you last night?

A tremor was felt by residents in southern Johannesburg last night.

"Communication has been established with the Council for Geo Science to confirm‚ measure the scale‚ categorize and further investigate the possible causes of the tremor witnessed‚" the City of Johannesburg's public safety division said.

No casualties or structural damages have been reported or linked to the occurrence.

The most recent seismic event in Gauteng reported by the council was in the West Rand gold mining area on Tuesday‚ January 23. It stated initial data showed "the event had a primary magnitude of M=2.8".