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Series of earthquakes on DRC-Rwanda border stoke fears of second volcanic eruption
A series of earthquakes on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have stoked fears that the Nyiragongo volcano close to the area would erupt again three days after the first eruption. The volcano started to erupt on Saturday, spewing lava that headed towards the border with Rwanda, and stopped on Sunday morning, leaving dozens of people killed and thousands displaced. An earthquake on the border of Congo and Rwanda on Tuesday -- measured 5.3 magnitudes by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor and the strongest of more than 100 tremors that have followed Saturday's eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano -- destroyed several buildings in the DRC's eastern city of Goma.