2008 Lake Kivu earthquake

Earthquake in the Democratic Republic of Congo August 2026 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake.jpg 2008-02-03 07:34:11 13213409 iscgem13213409 2008 02 03 y 09:34:11 CAT 5.9 w y 10 km mi 0 on 2.314 S 28.896 E region:XX_type:event inline,title Normal Rwanda DR Congo Severe VIII 44 dead, 349+ injuredhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/03/rwanda.quake.ap/index.html Earthquakes kill 39 in Rwanda, Congo CNN https://web.archive.org/web/20080926032607/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/03/rwanda.quake.ap/index.html September 26, 2008 deadhttps://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/2008/2008_deaths.php Deaths from Earthquakes in 2008 2014-02-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151003064028/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/2008/2008_deaths.php 2015-10-03 The 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake shook several countries in Africa's Great Lakes region at 07:34:12 (GMT) on 3 February. It measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The epicentre was 20 km north of Bukavu at Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7224925.stm Deadly earthquake shakes Rwanda 2008-02-03 BBC Online 2008-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080204133626/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7224925.stm 4 February 2008 live Tectonic summary According to the USGS,https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008mzam.php#summary Magnitude 5.9 – LAC KIVU REGION, DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO United States Geological Survey https://web.archive.org/web/20080206065520/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008mzam.php#summary February 6, 2008 The earthquake occurred in the Western Rift of the East African rift system. The East African rift system is a diffuse, approximately 3000-km-long, zone of crustal extension that passes through eastern Africa from Djibouti and Eritrea on the north to Malawi on the south and that constitutes the boundary between the Africa plate on the west and the Somalia plate on the east. At the earthquake's latitude, the Africa and Somalia plates are spreading apart at a rate of about four millimeters per year. The earthquake occurred near Lake Kivu, the basin of which was created by normal faulting similar to that which produced the 3 February earthquake. The largest earthquake to have occurred in the rift system since 1900 had a magnitude of about 7.6. The epicenter of the 3 February 2008, earthquake is within several tens of kilometres (miles) of the epicenter of a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that killed two people in Goma in October 2002. Earthquakes within the East African rift system occur as the result of both normal faulting and strike-slip faulting. Details At least 25 people were confirmed dead in Rwanda, with a further 200 seriously injured. Ten people were killed when a church collapsed in the Rusizi District of Western Province in Rwanda, according to Rwanda radio. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/03/2153211.htm 23 dead in Rwanda earthquake: radio 2008-02-03 Australian Broadcasting Corporation https://web.archive.org/web/20080206075025/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/03/2153211.htm 6 February 2008 dead 2008-02-03 In the Democratic Republic of Congo at least 5 died and 149 were seriously injured. https://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL03244479._CH_.2400 Death toll from Rwanda, Congo quakes hits 30 2008-02-03 Reuters 2008-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080213034121/https://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL03244479._CH_.2400 13 February 2008 dead See also List of earthquakes in 2008 List of earthquakes in DR. Congo References Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set External links At least 30 killed by earthquakes in Rwanda and Congo M 5.9 – Lac Kivu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo – United States Geological Survey At least 21 die in Rwanda quake – Reuters 13213409 eq-2008-000017-cod Lake Kivu earthquake Lake Kivu Lake Kivu earthquake Category:Earthquakes in Africa Category:Natural disasters in Rwanda Category:Earthquakes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Lake Kivu Category:February 2008 in Africa Category:2008 disasters in Africa Category:21st century in Bukavu