Eerste River mom Michelle Linnert, 45, described the tremor as both scary and confusing, saying it caused her to question her own sanity.

Some Western Cape residents reported experiencing tremors on Sunday morning after an alert for a 5.5 earthquake was reported in the Northern Cape. “A magnitude 5.5 earthquake took place 120km NNW of Calvinia, South Africa. The depth was 10km and was reported by EMSC,” Earthquake Alerts posted on X (formerly Twitter).

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Earthquake shakes Cape Town as Northern Cape tremor raises questions about safety. If you woke up in Cape Town on Sunday morning feeling your house or windows shaking, you weren’t imagining things.

This after an alert for a 5.5 earthquake took place in the Northern Cape with tremors being felt in the Western Cape. “A magnitude 5.5 earthquake took place 120km NNW of Calvinia, South Africa. The depth was 10km and was reported by EMSC,

JOHANNESBURG - The Northern Cape was jolted awake on Sunday morning. There are reports of a 5.3 magnitude earthquake near the town of Brandvlei. Seismic activity of this size normally results in moderate-to-light shaking.

A moderate earthquake struck western South Africa early on Sunday, with tremors reported across several regions.