from AlertNet
An earthquake shook the Lake Kivu region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, injuring more than 40 people and damaging buildings already hit by quakes earlier this month, a U.N. and local officials said.
The latest earthquake, of magnitude 5.4, followed two quakes that hit Africa's Great Lakes region on Feb. 3, killing more than 40 people and injuring hundreds, mostly in southern Rwanda.
"There are no dead but there are at least 44 injured. That's only a provisional toll, it's possible there are more," said Timothe Kwalya, the health minister of South Kivu province.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Fresh earthquake shakes quake-hit eastern Congo
