A high magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Mossel Bay on the Garden Route this morning, Wednesday 10 July!
The earthquake measured 6.7 on the Richter scale a mere 2000km off the Mossel Bay coastline on the Indian Ocean, which makes it the biggest recorded earthquake in the area since the 1900’s!
According to The Citizen the earthquake measured 196 gigawatt hours, which is the equivalent of 10.6 atomic bombs. This is hard to believe as we never felt a thing just down the coast in Cape Town!
The quake was at a depth of 10km in an area with reasonable seismic activity, but is considered shallow for one of this size.
As it stands, no aftershock has been recorded!
