SA’s worst ever earthquake was in the Western Cape – but it wasn’t typical
South Africa is not a particularly earthquake-prone country – compared to the likes of China, Iran or Japan – but it does have the unique distinction in that the majority of its seismic activity is caused by deep level mining. More than 80% of seismic events recorded in South Africa are mining related, says David Khoza, executive manager in applied geoscience at the Council for Geoscience (CGS) in Pretoria. Areas […]