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Event:
EQ Earthquake
Number:
2008-000017
Country:
COD Congo Democratic Republic
Location:
South Kivu province
Date (YMD):
2008-2-3
Time:
Duration:
Magnitude:
6.1 Richter
Information Source:
OCHA sitrep no. 1
Comments:
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter?s scale struck the province of South Kivu, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday 3 February 2008 at 07H35 GMT (09H35 local time). The epicentre of the earthquake lies approximately 20 km north of the provincial capital, Bukavu, near the shores of lake Kivu, and a short distance from the airstrip of Kavumu. Preliminary: 200 injured and 5 deaths (Bukavu and Kabare; news reports of 34 dead in Rwanda (AFP)
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