An earthquake on the border of Congo and Rwanda razed buildings in the city of Goma on Tuesday and stoked fears a nearby volcano would erupt again three days after dozens of people were killed and 17 villages were destroyed by lava. The quake,.
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About 1,000 houses were destroyed and more than 5,000 people displaced by the eruption, the United Nations has said
Goma: An earthquake on the border of Congo and Rwanda razed buildings in the city of Goma on Tuesday (May 25) and stoked fears a nearby volcano would erupt again three days after dozens of people were killed and 17 villages were destroyed by lava.
The quake, measured at 5.3 magnitudes by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor, was the largest of over 100 tremors that have followed the eruption on Saturday (May 22) of Congo`s Mount Nyiragongo volcano, one of the world`s most active and dangerous.
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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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.