Wikiplacemarks.com  
 



Find us on Google+

2008 Lake Kivu earthquake

View on map:2.314000°S 28.896000°E

2008 Lake Kivu earthquake


2008 Lake Kivu earthquake

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 according to the United States Geological Survey and lasted about 15 seconds.[3][4] The epicentre was 20 kilometres north of Bukavu at Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[4]

References

All text is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Average user rating: Not rated

Click on a star to rate
 

Do you have a form that you would like to turn into an application?

Please share your ideas with us.

Contact us...