People in Gauteng woke early on Sunday morning to heavy shaking and rumbling.
A moderate earthquake hit parts of the province at 2.38am.
People took to social media, questioning the trembling and loud noise.
Many also posted pics of damage to homes on the East Rand.
According to the Council for Geoscience, the quake measured around 4.4 on the Richter scale.
“The epicenter was located in the Boksburg area a few kilometers outside East Rand Proprietarty Mine, in the East Rand of Johannesburg”.
There were reports of structural damage in eastern Gauteng, with social media users on the West rand also saying they felt the quake.
A 3.1 tremor hit Brakpan, Springs and Boksburg on the East Rand in August last year.
Many terrified residents took to social media to share how their windows rattled, their doors slammed or things fell off the shelf.
Others joked it would be used as an excuse to ramp up load-shedding or start a government “investigation”.
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