MAJOR EARTH QUAKE IN RWANDA CONGO ON SUNDAY NEWS HEADLINES
RWANDA CONGO EARTH QUAKE KILLS 39 PEOPLE NEWS HEADLINES STORY
Two earthquakes struck hours apart in Rwanda and neighboring Congo on Sunday, killing at least 39 people and injuring hundreds of others, officials said. Some of the victims died when the church they were attending collapsed. Thirty-four
people were killed and 231 wounded in Rwanda Earth quake, according to a Ministry of Health hot line. Frank Mugambage, an official in the president's office, said some of the victims died when a church collapsed in the Rwanda Earth quake. Rescuers were searching for more victims, he said.Rwanda Earth Quake Measures 6.0 on Richter Scale
The first, 6.0-magnitude Earth quake struck Congo early Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The second quake, which registered 5.0, hit a few hours later near the countries' border, in Rwanda's rural Rusizi district. Across the border in the lakeside city of Bukavu, Mayor Raisi Kunda said five people were killed and 149 wounded there. Kunda said many homes, as well as schools and churches, were damaged in Rwanda Earth quake in the city but the extent was not immediately clear.
The area where the Rwanda Earth quake hit is part of Africa's Great Rift Valley, which includes a seismically active fault line. The Rwanda Earth quake temblor rattled the capital, Kigali, some 125 miles away.
