Huge earthquake recorded off Backyard Route shoreline

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A big earthquake was recorded on Wednesday morning, 10 July off the Backyard Route shoreline.

It’s reported that the quake struck the seabed within the Indian Ocean.

The earthquake trembled on the ocean ground roughly 2140 kilometres off the coast of Mossel Bay, within the Indian Ocean.

It measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and was recorded as having taken place at 6:55am on Wednesday morning.

In keeping with the Citizen, very robust shaking close to the epicentre was detected with the estimated seismic vitality exercise of the earthquake measured at 197 gigawatt hours, which is the equal of 10.6 atomic bombs.

The earthquake reached roughly 10 kilometres in depth and is taken into account to be on the shallow finish of the dimensions.

It has additional been acknowledged that the realm whereby the quake occurred has a excessive stage of seismic exercise however that is the strongest quake to hit the realm so far.

Because it stands, no aftershocks have been recorded.

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