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Earthquake hotspots identified─── 13:36 Mon, 25 Aug 2014
Johannesburg - The Council for Geoscience is busy identifying earthquake hotspots in South Africa's urban areas.
Seismology unit manager, Michelle Grobbelaar, says identifying the hotspots within urban areas might help mitigate future disasters due to building damage during an earthquake.
According to the council's map, the areas around Johannesburg, Cape Town and Bloemfontein were considered hotspots. Grobbelaar says higher levels of seismicity could be expected in these areas.
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit South Africa on Friday at Carletonville. The two major aftershocks were a 3.2 magnitude one at 1.15am, and a two magnitude one at 1.16am.
Earlier this month, a 31-year-old man was killed in a mining village near Orkney, North West, when a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck the region.
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