Earthquake — Congo: Kalemie

Quand

5 déc. 2005

Type

Séisme

Magnitude

6.8

Position

Congo

Coordonnées

6.22° S, 29.83° E

Deaths

6

Houses destroyed

300

Intensity mmi

4

Depth km

22

Magnitude 6.8 seismic event in East Africa

On 5 December 2005, at 15:19:56 EAT, a Mw 6.8 earthquake struck Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It killed eight people, injured several more, and destroyed hundreds of homes, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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