Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city was hit with a 5.0 magnitude earthquake early Sunday morning.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed the earthquake happened at 0038 GMT at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles).
Johannesburg residents reported feeling tremors and some posted pictures on social media showing minor structural damages of walls.
The last major quake to hit South Africa was a 6.3-magnitude tremor that struck the Western Cape province in 1969. In August 2014, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit a gold mining town near Johannesburg.
One of the residents wrote on Twitter, “Earth tremor in Johannesburg. Longest and strongest I have felt! Went on for about 30 seconds, it felt like.”
Security risk and crisis management consultancy Crisis24 said there were no reports of damage or casualties as a result of the earthquake.