An earthquake of magnitude 3 is one that is felt and can cause shaking of indoor objects, but rarely causes damage. (Gary S Chapman/Getty Images)
A tremor was felt in Johannesburg in the early hours of Monday morning, less than 48 hours after the city felt a magnitude 3 earthquake on Saturday night.
According to unconfirmed information published on the Council for Geoscience website, a tremor measuring a magnitude of 2.6 was recorded in the south of Johannesburg just before 02:30.
Council of Geoscience seismologist Eldridge Kgaswane said that the organisation is still reviewing the data, but it appears the latest seismic activity has been around a mining dump in the south of Johannesburg.
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