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The 1969 Tulbagh 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. [3] [4] 14 April 1970. Tulbagh - Ceres - Wolseley area.
The earthquake occurred at 12:22:33 SAST on 5 August 2014, with the epicentre near Orkney, a gold mining town in the Klerksdorp district in the North West province of South Africa. The shock was assigned a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa, [2] [8] [9] making it the biggest earthquake in ...
5.0–5.9. 1,637. 4.0–4.9. 13,816. ← 2022. 2024 →. This is a list of earthquakes in 2023. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in a significant impact due to major damage, deaths or serious injuries. All dates are listed according to UTC time.
South Africa: 6.8: December 31, 1932 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 8.1 –8.3 August 12, 2021: 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes South Korea: 7.5: June 26, 1681: 1681 Yangyang earthquake South Sudan: 7.2: May 20, 1990: 1990 South Sudan earthquakes Spain: 7.8: March 29, 1954 Sri Lanka: 5.7: August 30, 1973 Sudan: 6.0: May ...
Proterozoic. Salpeterkop. 32°28′30″S 20°50′33″E / . 32.474890°S 20.842429°E. / -32.474890; 20.842429. Cretaceous. Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean. Marion Island.
Battle of Chasiv Yar. Russian forces take control of the Novy district in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (CBS News) One person is killed and at least 14 others are injured in Russian guided bomb and missile attacks across Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
It had been typical for South Carolina to have between six and 10 earthquakes a year, the S.C. Geological Survey previously reported. There have been 110 earthquakes in South Carolina since Jan ...
5 – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, the biggest in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, is felt as far as 600 kilometres from its epicentre at Orkney, North West. One person was killed in the approximately 90-second earthquake. September