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GLIDE Record
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Event:
EQ Earthquake
Number:
2005-000033
Country:
ZAF South Africa
Location:
Stilfontein, and the neighbouring Klerksdorp and Orkney towns
Date (YMD):
2005-3-10
Time:
Duration:
Magnitude:
Measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale
Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
On Wednesday 9 March 2005 around midday, an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 2.4 km below the surface at a mining area in Stilfontein, and the neighbouring Klerksdorp and Orkney towns. Residents of four nearby apartment blocks, two schools and an old age home have been evacuated from the damaged buildings.
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