2014 Orkney earthquake
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2014-orkney-earthquake-276-6734660
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2014 Orkney earthquake
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The 2014 Orkney earthquake occurred at 12:22:33 SAST on 5 August, with the epicentre near Orkney, a gold mining town in the Klerksdorp district in the North West province of South Africa. The shock was assigned a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in South Africa, making it the biggest earthquake in South Africa since the 1969 Tulbagh earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated a focal
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Orkney_earthquake
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2022-11-01T05:18:10Z
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