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 February 3 earthquake. The largest earthquake to have occurred in the rift system since 1900 had a magnitude of about 7.6. The epicenter of the February 3, 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.
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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.[6] In the Democratic Republic of Congo at least 5 died and 149 were seriously injured.[7]
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2008, lake, kivu, earthquake, shook, several, countries, africa, great, lakes, region, february, measured, moment, magnitude, scale, epicentre, kilometres, north, bukavu, lake, kivu, democratic, republic, congo, time2008, 11isc, event13213409usgs, ansscomcatlo. The 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake shook several countries in Africa s Great Lakes region at 07 34 12 GMT on February 3 It measured 5 9 on the moment magnitude scale The epicentre was 20 kilometres 12 mi north of Bukavu at Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo 4 2008 Lake Kivu earthquakeUTC time2008 02 03 07 34 11ISC event13213409USGS ANSSComCatLocal dateFebruary 3 2008 2008 02 03 Local time09 34 11 CATMagnitude5 9 MwDepth10 km 6 mi Epicenter2 18 50 S 28 53 46 E 2 314 S 28 896 E 2 314 28 896TypeNormalAreas affectedRwanda DR CongoTotal damageSevere 1 Max intensityVIII Severe Casualties44 dead 349 injured 2 3 Contents 1 Tectonic summary 2 Details 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksTectonic summary editAccording to the USGS 5 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 February 3 earthquake The largest earthquake to have occurred in the rift system since 1900 had a magnitude of about 7 6 The epicenter of the February 3 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 editAt 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 6 In the Democratic Republic of Congo at least 5 died and 149 were seriously injured 7 See also editList of earthquakes in 2008 List of earthquakes in DR CongoReferences edit National Geophysical Data Center World Data Service NGDC WDS 1972 Significant Earthquake Database Data Set National Geophysical Data Center NOAA doi 10 7289 V5TD9V7K Earthquakes kill 39 in Rwanda Congo CNN com Archived from the original on September 26 2008 Deaths from Earthquakes in 2008 Archived from the original on 2015 10 03 Retrieved 2014 02 13 Deadly earthquake shakes Rwanda BBC Online 2008 02 03 Archived from the original on 4 February 2008 Retrieved 2008 02 03 Magnitude 5 9 LAC KIVU REGION DEM REP OF THE CONGO earthquake usgs gov Archived from the original on February 6 2008 23 dead in Rwanda earthquake radio Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2008 02 03 Archived from the original on 6 February 2008 Retrieved 2008 02 03 Death toll from Rwanda Congo quakes hits 30 Reuters 2008 02 03 Archived from the original on 13 February 2008 Retrieved 2008 02 03 External links edit nbsp Wikinews has related news 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 The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and or authoritative data for this event ReliefWeb s main page for this event Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake amp oldid 1158494346, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
