2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake

Magnitude 6.8 seismic event in East Africa October 2024 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake Tanzania#Democratic Republic of the Congo#Africa 2005-12-05 12:19:56 7781195 iscgem7781195 yes 2005 12 05 14:19:56 CAT15:19:56 EAT w y 6.8 22 km on -6.29 29.76 region:CD_type:event inline,title Dip-slip Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi X East African Rift 8 dead, 5 injured On 5 December 2005, at 15:19:56 EAT, a w y 6.8 earthquake struck Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.M 6.8 - 76 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2005 iscgem7781195 It killed eight people, injured several more, and destroyed hundreds of homes, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tectonic setting The East African Rift (EAR) is a 3000 km mi long Cenozoic age continental rift extending from the Afar triple junction between the horn of Africa and the Middle East, to western Mozambique. Segments of active extension occur from the Indian Ocean west to Botswana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the only rift system in the world that is active on a continental scale, providing geologists with a view of how continental rifts develop over time into oceanic spreading centers like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Earthquake The earthquake had a magnitude of w 6.8 and a depth of 22 km mi according to the International Seismological Centre. Its epicenter was located on the Tanzanian shores of Lake Tanganyika, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was caused by dip-slip faulting and the earthquake had a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The earthquake was felt in Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, and as far away as Mombasa, Kenya, and Luanda, Angola; hundreds of people evacuated buildings due to the shaking in Nairobi.BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4499938.stm Powerful quake rocks East Africa 6 December 2005 6 December 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051210022823/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4499938.stm 10 December 2005 live By 16 December, 12 aftershocks exceeding w 4.0 were recorded, the strongest of which measured wc 5.5 and struck on 9 December.USGS https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-6.83372,29.03549&extent=-5.90565,30.70541&range=search&timeZone=utc&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22endtime%22:%222005-12-26T12:19:56.620Z%22,%22latitude%22:-6.224,%22longitude%22:29.83,%22maxradiuskm%22:250,%22minmagnitude%22:3,%22starttime%22:%222005-11-14T12:19:56.620Z%22%7D%7D Search earthquake catalog Impact In Kigoma Region, a child was killed by a collapsing wall and a 65-year-old woman sustained a femur fracture. Fifty-four houses and a mosque were destroyed, and 705 others as well as numerous structures were damaged in the region.ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/united-republic-tanzania/tanzania-earthquake-kigoma-dref-bulletin-no-05me075 Powerful quake rocks East Africa 30 December 2005 27 May 2025 IFRC In the Democratic Republic of Congo, six people were killed, three were injured,NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10333822 Magnitude 6.8 quake kills at least two in Congo 5 December 2005 5 December 2005 and 300 houses and a church collapsed in Kalemie. In Makamba, Burundi, one person died and another was injured after a structure collapsed.ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/burundi-situation-report-5-11-dec-2005 Burundi Situation Report: 5 - 11 Dec 2005 11 December 2005 27 May 2025 IFRC See also List of earthquakes in 2005 List of earthquakes in Tanzania List of earthquakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo References PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ 4 September 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 EXPO-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ 1 December 2008 United States Geological Survey Version 2007-12 ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 External links M 6.8 – Lake Tanganyika region, Dem. Republic of the Congo-Tanzania – United States Geological Survey Earthquake in Eastern Africa – NASA Earth Observatory 7781195 Category:2005 disasters in Africa Lake Tanganyika earthquake Category:2000s disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:2005 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Earthquakes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:2005 in Tanzania Category:2005 in Burundi Lake Tanganyika earthquake, 2005 Category:December 2005 in Africa