An earthquake in the boundaries between Rwanda and Congo pulled down buildings in the city of Goma on Tuesday and increased fears that the volcano close by would erupt again three days after dozens of lives were taken and 17 villages were destroyed by lava.
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The 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake
The quake was measured at 5.3 magnitude, the measurement was taken by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor, and was the largest of several tremors that accompanied the eruption on Saturday of Congo s Mount Nyiragongo volcano, one of the most active and dangerous in the world. The United Nations children s agency said: We are aware that children got injured when a building collapsed on Tuesday just some steps from the in Goma s UNICEF office.
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Fears of second deadly volcano eruption following earthquakes at Congo border
By Reuters
earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude rocked the borderlands
between Rwanda and Congo on Tuesday morning, the Rwandan Seismic
Monitor said, raising worries about a fresh eruption following
one on Saturday that killed at least 32 people.
On Saturday Democratic Republic of Congo s Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world s most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted sending a river of lava downhill towards Goma, a city of some two million people.
The area has experienced repeated tremors since then, and the lava lake in the volcano s crater appears to have refilled, raising fears of new fissures or another eruption, the United Nations Refugee agency said.