Council of Geoscience confirmed a seismic event at 9:17am, 5 km southwest of Odendaalsrus in the Free State gold mining area. The Council of Geoscience (CGS) has confirmed that a seismic event happened on Friday morning in the Welkom area in the Free State. The South African National Seismograph Network (SANSN) said the tremor registered a local magnitude of 3.3. SANSN registered a local magnitude of 3.3 – CGS“The epicentre was located in the Welkom gold mining region, approximately 5km southwest of the mining town of Odendaalsrus in the Free State province,” CGS said. The platform received 20 reports for the seismic event from South Africa.