While residents in the Cape metro and Cape Flats area confirmed they felt the tremor, another user a few hours from Cape Town stated they also felt it. @flymes wrote: “I felt it

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

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.

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).