STATEMENT ON SEISMIC EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE KLERKSDORP-ORKNEY-STILFONTEIN-HARTEBEESTFONTEIN (KOSH) REGION The Council for Geoscience (CGS) confirms a seismic event occurred early hours of today, 10 September 2025 at approximately 04h21 SAST. Recordings from the South African National Seismograph Network…
The Council for Geoscience (CGS) confirms a seismic event that occurred yesterday 02 September 2025 at approximately 17h27 SAST. Recordings from the South African National Seismograph Network (SANSN) indicate that this event registered a local magnitude (ML) of 3.6. The…
The Council for Geoscience (CGS) confirms that the South African National Seismograph Network (SANSN), recorded the far east coast Russia seismic event at approximately 01:24:52 SAST on Wednesday morning, 30 July 2025. This event registered a magnitude of 8.8, respectively.…
It is with great sadness that I share the untimely passing of Dr Monde Mayekiso, who served as one of our Board Members. On behalf of the CGS, I wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, colleagues, friends…
The Council for Geoscience (CGS) can confirm that an earthquake occurred on Thursday morning, 17 April 2025, at around 10:57 SAST. The preliminary results show that the earthquake registered local magnitude of approximately 3.7, as recorded by the South African…
To: All Media STATEMENT ON THE ERRONEOUS PUBLICATION OF AN INCORRECT VERSION OF THE DOLOMITE LAND LAYER ON THE CGS DATA PORTAL The Council for Geoscience (CGS) would like to bring to the attention of its stakeholders, a breach of…
THE COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE MOURNS THE PASSING OF DR LUC CHEVALLIER The CGS mourns the passing of Dr Luc Chevallier. Dr Chevallier served as a Specialist Scientist and Manager within the on- and offshore theme. He obtained his PhD from…
The Council for Geoscience (CGS) would like to bring to the awareness of the public, alleged earthquake probability forecasting statements that were published by an online media outlet, “Earthquake News Everyday” between 3 and 5 December 2024. These statements ought…
The Council for Geoscience is currently undertaking a comprehensive assessment of all its palaeontology collections to ensure that it upholds the highest standards of quality and accessibility. As a result, the organisation will temporarily suspend all collection visits and loans…
Thungela and the Council for Geoscience (CGS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance research into emission reduction technologies, focusing on carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS). This collaboration aligns with Thungela’s advocacy for accelerated deployment of technologies…
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