By Djaffar Al Katanty
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 25 (Reuters) - 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, measured at 5.3 magnitude by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor, was the largest of over 100 tremors that have followed the eruption on Saturday of Congo s Mount Nyiragongo volcano, one of the world s most active and dangerous. We know that children were injured when a building collapsed on Tuesday just a few steps from the UNICEF office in Goma, the U.N. children s agency said.
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -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, measured at 5.3 magnitude by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor, was the largest of over 100 tremors that have followed the eruption on Saturday of Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo volcano, one of the world’s most active and dangerous.
“We know that children were injured when a building collapsed on Tuesday just a few steps from the UNICEF office in Goma,” the U.N. children’s agency said.
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 25 (Reuters) - An 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.
EnvironmentEarthquakes in Congo raze buildings, stoke fear of second volcanic eruption
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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, measured at 5.3 magnitude by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor, was the largest of over 100 tremors that have followed the eruption on Saturday of Congo s Mount Nyiragongo volcano, one of the world s most active and dangerous. We know that children were injured when a building collapsed on Tuesday just a few steps from the UNICEF office in Goma, the U.N.children s agency said.
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