{The Geological Survey of Tanzania said today Bukoba, township in Kagera Region earthquake struck at a depth of 10kilometers.}<\/p>\n
The GST said in a statement that the tremor might be triggered by the geological fault line in the Great Rift Valley since Bukoba, the quake epicenter, is near.<\/p>\n
A magnitude 5.7 Richter scale quake, hit Bukoba on 10\/09\/2016 at 1527 hours, and killed at least 16 people and injured over 250, the authorities said.<\/p>\n
The reports from the region indicated that apart from the deaths, 170 people still remained at the hospital beds fighting for their lives while 83 others were treated and discharged.<\/p>\n
Though the actual cost of damages was yet to be established, initial official reports indicated that about 840 residential houses crumpled while 1,264 developed cracks.<\/p>\n
The country, despite running along a geological fault line of the Great Rift Valley, major earthquakes are rare.<\/p>\n
A magnitude 6 Richter scale quake struck the Tanzanian town of Arusha in July 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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