Sky Tshabalala and social media users react to tremors in KZN!

ECR and Sky Tshabalala asked residents if they also felt the tremors in Durban and other parts of KZN.

#Durban has also been trending on Twitter as residents questioned if it was in fact a tremor.

Here’s what we know so far:

On Sunday the 6th of November, residents also experienced more tremors that could also have been aftershocks from Saturday the 5th of November's reports listed below. 

These could still be aftershocks, but here are the responses from locals, including Darren, Keri & Sky's, Sky Tshabalala:

Residents in some of the areas listed below reported feeling tremors in KZN include:

• Botha's Hill
• Pietermaritzburg
• Pinetown
• Scottburgh
• Ballito
• Queensburgh

Here's what Google Search results revealed about the tremors in KwaZulu-Natal:

This was reported local municipality at 09:29.

A tremor and an earthquake are not the same things.

According to the Cable, both are signs of seismic movements taking place within the earth. 

The difference lies in the intensity of the movement. 

Earthquakes are obviously more intense than earth tremors, but when a tremor exceeds five on the moment magnitude scale – a scale between 0 to 10 – then it is referred to as an earthquake.

There is no reason to panic and we will keep you updated as more information comes in.

Here's also what not to do during a tremor or earthquake, according to Washington.edu.

On Saturday the 5th of November 2022, it was reported that an earthquake took place in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The 3.9 magnitude tremor was also reported on eNCA. 

The tremor took place at the Tugela fault. You can read more about our fault lines in this paper, Geology and evolution of the Natal belt, South Africa.

This also comes after unusual seismic activity in Gauteng.

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