Deadly earthquake shakes Rwanda
At least 21 people have been killed - many when a church collapsed - and some 200 injured in an earthquake in western Rwanda, reports say. The quake, felt across several countries of the Great Lakes region, had a magnitude of 5.0. Police say the death toll could rise. Its epicentre was 20km (12 miles) east of Bukavu, a town across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the region in December 2005. But while it is prone to seismic activity it has mostly escaped major quakes in recent years. The earthquake hit at about 0935 (0735 GMT). It lasted about 15 seconds and was followed by two lesser tremors, which caused panic in Bukavu and in Rwanda, AFP news agency reported.
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Power cuts
Rwandan radio said 10 people died when a church collapsed in Rusizi district. The rest were killed in other parts of Rusizi and Nyamesheke district. There were unconfirmed reports of two more fatalities in Bukavu. Witnesses told AFP that public buses were being used to transport the injured to hospital. The quake was also felt in neighbouring Burundi, disrupting hydroelectric power and causing a half-hour electricity cut.
Bron: BBC
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Congo: Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 07:34:12 UTC
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 09:34:12 AM at epicenter
Location 2.314°S, 28.896°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region LAC KIVU REGION, DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO
Distances 20 km (15 miles) N of Bukavu, Dem. Republic of the Congo
80 km (50 miles) SSW of Goma, Dem. Republic of the Congo
885 km (550 miles) W of NAIROBI, Kenya
1530 km (950 miles) E of KINSHASA, Dem. Republic of the Congo
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles); depth fixed by location program
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Rwanda: Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 10:56:10 UTC
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 12:56:10 PM at epicenter
Location 2.456°S, 29.039°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region RWANDA
Distances 20 km (15 miles) ENE of Bukavu, Dem. Republic of the Congo
80 km (50 miles) W of Butare, Rwanda
870 km (540 miles) W of NAIROBI, Kenya
1530 km (950 miles) E of KINSHASA, Dem. Republic of the Congo
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Mozambique: Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 11:12:12 UTC
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 01:12:12 PM at epicenter
Location 21.300°S, 33.079°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region MOZAMBIQUE
Distances 245 km (150 miles) S of Chimoio, Mozambique
250 km (155 miles) SW of Beira, Mozambique
520 km (320 miles) N of MAPUTO, Mozambique
975 km (600 miles) NNE of Durban, South Africa
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Power cuts
Rwandan radio said 10 people died when a church collapsed in Rusizi district. The rest were killed in other parts of Rusizi and Nyamesheke district. There were unconfirmed reports of two more fatalities in Bukavu. Witnesses told AFP that public buses were being used to transport the injured to hospital. The quake was also felt in neighbouring Burundi, disrupting hydroelectric power and causing a half-hour electricity cut.
Bron: BBC
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Congo: Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 07:34:12 UTC
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 09:34:12 AM at epicenter
Location 2.314°S, 28.896°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region LAC KIVU REGION, DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO
Distances 20 km (15 miles) N of Bukavu, Dem. Republic of the Congo
80 km (50 miles) SSW of Goma, Dem. Republic of the Congo
885 km (550 miles) W of NAIROBI, Kenya
1530 km (950 miles) E of KINSHASA, Dem. Republic of the Congo
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles); depth fixed by location program
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Rwanda: Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 10:56:10 UTC
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 12:56:10 PM at epicenter
Location 2.456°S, 29.039°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region RWANDA
Distances 20 km (15 miles) ENE of Bukavu, Dem. Republic of the Congo
80 km (50 miles) W of Butare, Rwanda
870 km (540 miles) W of NAIROBI, Kenya
1530 km (950 miles) E of KINSHASA, Dem. Republic of the Congo
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Mozambique: Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 11:12:12 UTC
* Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 01:12:12 PM at epicenter
Location 21.300°S, 33.079°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region MOZAMBIQUE
Distances 245 km (150 miles) S of Chimoio, Mozambique
250 km (155 miles) SW of Beira, Mozambique
520 km (320 miles) N of MAPUTO, Mozambique
975 km (600 miles) NNE of Durban, South Africa
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Every cloud has a silver lining
Minstens drieëntwintig doden bij aardbeving in Rwanda
In het westen van Rwanda zijn drieëntwintig mensen omgekomen bij een zware aardbeving. Die werd gevoeld tot in de buurlanden, zo meldt radio Rwanda. In Bukavu, in het oosten van de Democratische Republiek Congo, heeft de aardbeving voor zover bekend minstens twee dodelijke slachtoffers geëist en tientallen gewonden.
Bron: HLN
In het westen van Rwanda zijn drieëntwintig mensen omgekomen bij een zware aardbeving. Die werd gevoeld tot in de buurlanden, zo meldt radio Rwanda. In Bukavu, in het oosten van de Democratische Republiek Congo, heeft de aardbeving voor zover bekend minstens twee dodelijke slachtoffers geëist en tientallen gewonden.
Bron: HLN
Every cloud has a silver lining
Search for Rwanda quake survivors
Many people remain trapped under rubble in Rwanda after a series of earthquakes hit the Great Lakes region, police say. They fear more people will die. At least 40 were killed in Rwanda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo after Sunday's quakes. Many people spent Sunday night sleeping in the open in the DR Congo town of Bukavu in case of further tremors.
At least 10 people were killed in Rwanda's western Rusizi district when a church collapsed during Sunday mass. Bukavu mayor Guillaume Bonga told the AFP news agency that there were several aftershocks overnight but he said there were no new victims.
More than 300 people were injured by the most powerful earthquakes, which had magnitudes of 6.0 and 5.0. Officials said 34 people had died in Rwanda and six in DR Congo.
Some of the survivors have been air-lifted to Rwanda's capital, Kigali
Jacqueline Chenard from the UN's peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (Monuc) was in Bukavu when the quake struck. There was panic all over town. People started running around, crying, she told the BBC's Network Africa programme. The quakes were also felt in neighbouring Burundi, disrupting hydroelectric power and causing a half-hour electricity cut.
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the region in December 2005. But while it is prone to seismic activity, it has mostly escaped major quakes in recent years.
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Many people remain trapped under rubble in Rwanda after a series of earthquakes hit the Great Lakes region, police say. They fear more people will die. At least 40 were killed in Rwanda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo after Sunday's quakes. Many people spent Sunday night sleeping in the open in the DR Congo town of Bukavu in case of further tremors.
At least 10 people were killed in Rwanda's western Rusizi district when a church collapsed during Sunday mass. Bukavu mayor Guillaume Bonga told the AFP news agency that there were several aftershocks overnight but he said there were no new victims.
More than 300 people were injured by the most powerful earthquakes, which had magnitudes of 6.0 and 5.0. Officials said 34 people had died in Rwanda and six in DR Congo.
Some of the survivors have been air-lifted to Rwanda's capital, Kigali
Jacqueline Chenard from the UN's peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (Monuc) was in Bukavu when the quake struck. There was panic all over town. People started running around, crying, she told the BBC's Network Africa programme. The quakes were also felt in neighbouring Burundi, disrupting hydroelectric power and causing a half-hour electricity cut.
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the region in December 2005. But while it is prone to seismic activity, it has mostly escaped major quakes in recent years.
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Earthquakes kill 39, injure nearly 700 in Rwanda, Congo
Rescuers raced to provide assistance Monday after an earthquake killed at least 39 people and injured 669 in central Africa, according to the Red Cross. The quake caused a church to collapse while people were praying, destroyed a school and caused so much damage to a hospital that doctors were treating victims in the hospital's garden, the Red Cross said.
A girl who was injured during an earthquake lies on a hospital bed on Monday in Cyangugu in western Rwanda.
The earthquake affected people in parts of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as the Great Lakes region, said Jean-Luc Martinage, a spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva. Communities in Rwanda seemed to be hardest hit.
People inspect the damage after an earthquake Monday strikes Cyangugu. At least 230 homes were destroyed.
The quake killed 33, injured 399 and destroyed at least 230 houses in that country, said Yvonne Kabagire, information officer for the Rwandan Red Cross. It caused such damage to Bushenge Hospital, in the Nyamasheke district, that doctors and nurses tended to patients Monday in the hospital's garden because they lacked space inside, she said.
People stand among the rubble of a market on Tuesday in Bukavu, Congo.
The 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck at 1:37 p.m. on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In Congo, the earthquake killed at least six people and wounded 230 others, Martinage said. A school in the city of Kabare was destroyed, and church collapsed in Bukavu as people were praying inside, causing several injuries, Martinage said.
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Rescuers raced to provide assistance Monday after an earthquake killed at least 39 people and injured 669 in central Africa, according to the Red Cross. The quake caused a church to collapse while people were praying, destroyed a school and caused so much damage to a hospital that doctors were treating victims in the hospital's garden, the Red Cross said.
A girl who was injured during an earthquake lies on a hospital bed on Monday in Cyangugu in western Rwanda.
The earthquake affected people in parts of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as the Great Lakes region, said Jean-Luc Martinage, a spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva. Communities in Rwanda seemed to be hardest hit.
People inspect the damage after an earthquake Monday strikes Cyangugu. At least 230 homes were destroyed.
The quake killed 33, injured 399 and destroyed at least 230 houses in that country, said Yvonne Kabagire, information officer for the Rwandan Red Cross. It caused such damage to Bushenge Hospital, in the Nyamasheke district, that doctors and nurses tended to patients Monday in the hospital's garden because they lacked space inside, she said.
People stand among the rubble of a market on Tuesday in Bukavu, Congo.
The 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck at 1:37 p.m. on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In Congo, the earthquake killed at least six people and wounded 230 others, Martinage said. A school in the city of Kabare was destroyed, and church collapsed in Bukavu as people were praying inside, causing several injuries, Martinage said.
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Earthquakes in Africa kill 43
At least 43 people were killed and hundreds were injured when earthquakes hit southern Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The epicentre of the first earthquake, which had a magnitude of six, was in Congo and struck at 9.34am. A second earthquake with a magnitude of five struck in Rwanda at 1.56pm.
Jean Pierre Turatsinze, the mayor of Rusizi district, of which Cyangugu is the capital, said that about 500 people were taken to hospitals around the district. The hospitals are now in need of extra medical supplies to cope with the number of injured people.
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At least 43 people were killed and hundreds were injured when earthquakes hit southern Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The epicentre of the first earthquake, which had a magnitude of six, was in Congo and struck at 9.34am. A second earthquake with a magnitude of five struck in Rwanda at 1.56pm.
Jean Pierre Turatsinze, the mayor of Rusizi district, of which Cyangugu is the capital, said that about 500 people were taken to hospitals around the district. The hospitals are now in need of extra medical supplies to cope with the number of injured people.
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Duizenden dakloos na aardbeving in Rwanda en Congo
In Zuid-Kivu, in de Democratische Republiek Congo (DRC), zijn 4.500 mensen dakloos na de zware aardbeving van zondag, meldt Modibo Traore, hoofd van het VN-coördinatiebureau voor humanitaire zaken in Bukavu, dinsdag.
"Tenten verdelen"
"We zouden vandaag moeten starten met de distributie van tenten (..)", zo zei hij. "De tenten, met een capaciteit van 8 Ã 10 mensen, zullen we zo dicht mogelijk bij de vernielde woonplaatsen opzetten".
De ngo International Rescue Committee, die belast is met de hulpoperaties in Bukavu, zal ook zeilen en dekens verdelen. Het internationale Rode Kruis organiseert de hulp in Kabare, vlakbij het epicentrum van de aardbeving.
Hevige beving
Rwanda en het oosten Congo werden zondagmorgen getroffen door een aardbeving met een kracht van 6 op de Schaal van Richter. Daarbij kwamen 43 mensen om, 38 in Rwanda en 5 in DRC. In Bukavu vielen ook 320 gewonden, maar 80 procent daarvan is licht gewond en kon het ziekenhuis al verlaten. "In de ziekenhuizen zijn alle noden zeer snel gelenigd. Amper een uur na de aardbeving werden medische kits in de ziekenhuizen verdeeld", aldus Traore.
Grote materiële schade
In beide landen is de materiële schade enorm. In de Rwandese stad Cyangugu zijn honderden huizen gescheurd of ingestort. In Bukavu werden 99 gebouwen vernield en zijn er 815 onbewoonbaar. In Katana ten slotte zijn tien scholen en twaalf kerken zwaar beschadigd. De nationale politie en Blauwhelmen hebben het aantal patrouilles opgedreven om plunderingen te vermijden.
Puin ruimen na de beving van zondag.
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In Zuid-Kivu, in de Democratische Republiek Congo (DRC), zijn 4.500 mensen dakloos na de zware aardbeving van zondag, meldt Modibo Traore, hoofd van het VN-coördinatiebureau voor humanitaire zaken in Bukavu, dinsdag.
"Tenten verdelen"
"We zouden vandaag moeten starten met de distributie van tenten (..)", zo zei hij. "De tenten, met een capaciteit van 8 Ã 10 mensen, zullen we zo dicht mogelijk bij de vernielde woonplaatsen opzetten".
De ngo International Rescue Committee, die belast is met de hulpoperaties in Bukavu, zal ook zeilen en dekens verdelen. Het internationale Rode Kruis organiseert de hulp in Kabare, vlakbij het epicentrum van de aardbeving.
Hevige beving
Rwanda en het oosten Congo werden zondagmorgen getroffen door een aardbeving met een kracht van 6 op de Schaal van Richter. Daarbij kwamen 43 mensen om, 38 in Rwanda en 5 in DRC. In Bukavu vielen ook 320 gewonden, maar 80 procent daarvan is licht gewond en kon het ziekenhuis al verlaten. "In de ziekenhuizen zijn alle noden zeer snel gelenigd. Amper een uur na de aardbeving werden medische kits in de ziekenhuizen verdeeld", aldus Traore.
Grote materiële schade
In beide landen is de materiële schade enorm. In de Rwandese stad Cyangugu zijn honderden huizen gescheurd of ingestort. In Bukavu werden 99 gebouwen vernield en zijn er 815 onbewoonbaar. In Katana ten slotte zijn tien scholen en twaalf kerken zwaar beschadigd. De nationale politie en Blauwhelmen hebben het aantal patrouilles opgedreven om plunderingen te vermijden.
Puin ruimen na de beving van zondag.
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Survivors speak of quake horror
Ten people were killed at this church in Kamembe
Everest Ntamakemwa was in church when the earthquake struck in Kamembe, some 300km southwest of Rwanda's capital, Kigali. "I am a deacon, so I was standing at the altar," he told me. Worshippers at Nkanka church felt the ground and the walls start to move move, he explained. "Then we saw the altar shaking continuously. The church walls then started coming down." Part of the walls fell on the altar, he said. "Women started panicking and ran down the aisle, colliding with each other at the doorway. "Rubble fell down on top of them." During my visit they buried the bodies of 10 of those who died on Sunday. "One woman died with six of her children," he added.
Destruction
On the way to the worst hit areas on the Congolese border, we passed many houses that had been destroyed by the tremors over the weekend. Some of them had cracks in their walls while others had been completely flattened. And when we reached Kamembe itself, the destruction was even greater. I counted at least 10 houses that had collapsed. The Rwandan authorities say several hundred homes across the country have been demolished in this way. Several thousand have been made homeless.
Relief operation
Most of the injured are being treated in local hospitals, but some had to be air-lifted by army helicopters to hospitals in Kigali. Volcanologists have travelled from Rwanda to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.They will study the volcanoes there to see if the quakes were related to volcanic activity.The last aftershock occurred at around midnight on Sunday. But even now life here is still not yet back to normal. People are afraid. They have been sleeping outside their houses, in case the quakes strike again.
Towards the epicentre
Leaving Kamembe we travelled for about an hour to the island of Nkombo, on Lake Kivu, near the epicentre of the earthquake.Here about 400 homes have been destroyed. Hundreds of people are homeless and sleeping on plastic sheeting. The schools have been closed down.The aid agencies told me they are worried about the humanitarian situation becoming more desperate.They say there is an urgent need for shelter, food and clean water to avoid outbreaks of disease."I have not had anything to eat for two days," one survivor told me. "I sleep outside because I no longer have a home. All my property, even my plates and saucepans are under these bricks. I sleep in a neighbour's banana plantation with my children," he said. "I lost all my clothes when my house crumbled down," another told me. "I'm trying to pull some of them out but I am afraid of going back inside."
Bron: BBC | Gewijzigd: 24 april 2017, 10:55 uur, door Joyce.s
Ten people were killed at this church in Kamembe
Everest Ntamakemwa was in church when the earthquake struck in Kamembe, some 300km southwest of Rwanda's capital, Kigali. "I am a deacon, so I was standing at the altar," he told me. Worshippers at Nkanka church felt the ground and the walls start to move move, he explained. "Then we saw the altar shaking continuously. The church walls then started coming down." Part of the walls fell on the altar, he said. "Women started panicking and ran down the aisle, colliding with each other at the doorway. "Rubble fell down on top of them." During my visit they buried the bodies of 10 of those who died on Sunday. "One woman died with six of her children," he added.
Destruction
On the way to the worst hit areas on the Congolese border, we passed many houses that had been destroyed by the tremors over the weekend. Some of them had cracks in their walls while others had been completely flattened. And when we reached Kamembe itself, the destruction was even greater. I counted at least 10 houses that had collapsed. The Rwandan authorities say several hundred homes across the country have been demolished in this way. Several thousand have been made homeless.
Relief operation
Most of the injured are being treated in local hospitals, but some had to be air-lifted by army helicopters to hospitals in Kigali. Volcanologists have travelled from Rwanda to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.They will study the volcanoes there to see if the quakes were related to volcanic activity.The last aftershock occurred at around midnight on Sunday. But even now life here is still not yet back to normal. People are afraid. They have been sleeping outside their houses, in case the quakes strike again.
Towards the epicentre
Leaving Kamembe we travelled for about an hour to the island of Nkombo, on Lake Kivu, near the epicentre of the earthquake.Here about 400 homes have been destroyed. Hundreds of people are homeless and sleeping on plastic sheeting. The schools have been closed down.The aid agencies told me they are worried about the humanitarian situation becoming more desperate.They say there is an urgent need for shelter, food and clean water to avoid outbreaks of disease."I have not had anything to eat for two days," one survivor told me. "I sleep outside because I no longer have a home. All my property, even my plates and saucepans are under these bricks. I sleep in a neighbour's banana plantation with my children," he said. "I lost all my clothes when my house crumbled down," another told me. "I'm trying to pull some of them out but I am afraid of going back inside."
Bron: BBC | Gewijzigd: 24 april 2017, 10:55 uur, door Joyce.s
Every cloud has a silver lining
