Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Rwanda-DRC quaks kills dozens


Two earthquakes hit southern Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday, killing 39 people and leaving hundreds severely injured. The first earthquake hit the Democratic Republic o Congo with a magnitude of 6.0 at 10:30am local time. The second earthquake hit southern Rwanda with a magnitude of 5.0 at 1:56 pm local time. In Rwanda 34 people were killed and 231 were injured. Ten people out of the 34 people were killed when a church collapsed. Bernard Watunakanza from the DRC said, "Up to now there are five dead and 149 seriously injured, many people are traumatized."

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