It is confirmed that the Southern Free State and Bloemfontein was rocked by an earthquake last night. The SAWDOS received an SMS message at 11h00 last night from an observer that a tremor was felt in Bloemfontein at around 10h30 SAST.
The Council for Geosciences confirmed that the earth tremor registered 3.8M on the Richter-scale. The epicenter was in the Edenburg area.
People said they felt the ground shake in areas including Edenburg and Reddersburg in the Free State as well as Aliwal North in the Eastern Cape. Earth tremors in the Southern Free State is rare but not uncommon.
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