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The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
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2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake
Magnitude 6.8 seismic event in East Africa
The 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake occurred at 14:19:56 local time on 5 December with a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock occurred along the East African Rift, an active continental rift zone in East Africa that is characterized…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country in Central Africa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply The Congo, or more infrequently Zaire is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Modified Mercalli intensity scale
Seismic intensity scale used to quantify the degree of shaking during earthquakes
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location. This is in contrast with the seismic magnitude usually reported for an earthquake.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)