Earthquake of Magnitude 5.7 Rocks Parts of East Africa

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 was felt in the Lake Victoria basin; Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania on Saturday.

According to CSEM Earthquake information, it was centered 23 Kilo meters of Nsunga, Tanzania.

Kenya Red Cross reported that the tremor was felts in West Kenya, North Rift and neighboring East African countries no damages were reported. However, 3 people were reported dead.

THREE dead in Tanzania as a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits several parts of East Africa bordering Lake Victoria. pic.twitter.com/PNrw3IXRp0

— Allan Olingo (@allanolingo) September 10, 2016

Major earthquake shakes #Kampala for nearly a minute … strongest ever felt in 25 years in #Uganda

— Dr. Wolfgang H Thome (@whthome) September 10, 2016

The 5.7 Richter Scale earthquake a short while ago appears to have its epicentre inside #Tanzania not far from the #Ugandan border.

— Dr. Wolfgang H Thome (@whthome) September 10, 2016

What is an earthquake?

An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault or fault plane. The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter, and the location directly above it on the surface of the earth is called the epicenter.