I was awake, in bed, when the tremor hit Benoni at 4:48 and shook our home for about 3-5 seconds. It seemed to "move" westward because when our house stopped shaking I could hear the neighbour's house rattling, especially the windows.I think with the Orkney event still fresh in our minds the thought of rushing to the kids came, but the shaking stopped before I could launch out of bed.This happens on the east rand... I thought it was because of the mines... that perhaps a mine shaft had collapsed, and just hoped no one was injured.
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