Residents of the area flocked to Facebook to report the ‘quake’, with several saying they felt and heard it, while others pointed to a more man-made reason for the uproar.
The spherical damper, named Damper Baby, moves back and forth during earthquakes or typhoons, which are common occurrences on the island.
The biggest earthquake in Taiwan in at least 25 years managed to take nine lives on Wednesday and injure more than 900 people.
The prevailing idea is that it was either a quarry blast or an earthquake.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported the quake about 76 kilometres West of Cape Town at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres.
Some parts of the Japanese peninsula rose up to four metres, shifting the position of coastlines and leaving some ports dry.
Defence Force union, Sandu, has described the conditions on the three underground floors of the five-level building as “inhumane, unsafe and illegal,” after a social media post showed sweltering temperatures of almost 40 degrees cooking employees and servers alike.
A viral video is now doing the rounds that show the earthquake from a unique angle, and it really brings the horror of the event to life.
“Eish, from a dead sleep to rock and roll,” someone in Johannesburg recalls of the 4,7 magnitude earthquake that hit the East Rand in Johannesburg on Sunday morning.
Police and social workers are trying to figure out how a 5-year-old Turkish boy ended up wandering around alone some 2400km away from where he was separated from his family by the February earthquake.
It’s believed the tremors were caused by ”acoustic pressure waves from an unknown source in the atmosphere”.
Horrifying footage is emerging on social media following the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.
New Twitter merch will probably be available soon. As for the old stuff, the boss doesn’t appear to be a fan.
During a press conference being held in Wellington on Friday, Ardern was interrupted by a magnitude 5,9 earthquake.
Videos of mysterious bright lights flashing over Acapulco appeared on social media, and scientists are still divided as to the exact reason.
Residents of Boksburg were given a rude awakening this morning, as a 3,5 magnitude earthquake struck the area at 6:32AM.
You weren’t imagining it – there was an earthquake, and people across the city felt the tremors in the early hours.
On Saturday night, and again on Sunday morning, Capetonians felt tremors as a result of seismic activity.
CrossFit founder Greg Glassman recently stepped down as CEO following accusations of racism, although former employees always thought it was his “routine and rampant sexual harassment” that would surface first.
Jacinda Ardern managed to keep her cool when an earthquake struck during a live TV interview. How very Kiwi of her.
Slack has become a vital part of how businesses around the world operate, which means they can splash the cash to ensure their headquarters are top-notch.
The newly revamped Kyalami Castle looks more like a theme park than church headquarters, and Scientology leaders clearly aren’t afraid of splashing the cash.
Paris Hilton visited San Gregorio, near Mexico City, which was devasted by an earthquake in 2017, to take photos and distribute merchandise.
A group of cats were caught on video reacting to an earthquake, but before it had actually begun. Do they know something that we don’t?
Nasim Aghdam’s main source of income was YouTube, but that all changed when they updated their advertising policies. Yesterday she took revenge.
In what is a massive failure in moral leadership, Oxfam has let down thousands around the world after it allegedly covered up a scandal involving its most senior official in Haiti.
This Friday night, the exotic sounds of ‘The Frenchman’ will be heard in the Mother City once again – as he returns to the place where it all began.
Working for Google looks like a pretty good gig (computer joke), and the plans for their new London offices should ensure that remains the case.
Cape Town favourite HQ are all set to open a new restaurant in the CBD, and we’re going to throw some goodies your way to help sweeten the deal.
We’re not exactly known for our powerful earthquakes, given the destruction that we see in other parts of the world, but people were still shook.