Earthquake — South Africa: Orkney

時期

2014年8月5日

種類

地震

マグニチュード

5.4

現在地

South Africa

座標

26.99° S, 26.70° E

Deaths

1

Injuries

17

Damage musd

40

Houses destroyed

13

Intensity mmi

7

Depth km

5

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa

The 2014 Orkney earthquake occurred at 12:22:33 SAST on 5 August, 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, making it the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on…

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