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Magnitude	mb 5.7
Region	LAKE VICTORIA REGION, TANZANIA
Date time	2016-09-10 12:27:28.6 UTC
Location	1.06 S ; 31.55 E
Depth	10 km
Distances	191 km SW of Kampala, Uganda / pop: 1,354,000 / local time: 15:27:28.6 2016-09-10 42 km NW of Bukoba, Tanzania, United Republic of / pop: 70,700 / local time: 15:27:28.6 2016-09-10 20 km NE of Nsunga, Tanzania, United Republic of / pop: 20,100 / local time: 15:27:28.6 2016-09-10

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	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFO
USGS	Nsunga, Tanzania	Sep 10 12:27	5.7	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
entebbe - Ik was op mijn hotelkamer en hoorde eert een soort gerommel dat dichterbij kwam. het gebouw begon te schudden. gasten liepen naar buiten. de beving hield ongeveer 30 seconden aan Kigali - Building shook for 30 secs to a minute. Felt longer Kigali - Minor shaking. No prop damage. kampala - It was quite strong with a loud rumbling sound. Buildings shook for approx 20 seconds Mbarara - Almost 1 minute strong shaking but no damage.
EMSC	Lake Victoria Region, Tanzania	Sep 10 12:27	5.7	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
Kigali - A bit of surprised that in Kigali it was felt Kigali - No damage. One big shake. entebbe - No damage that I'm aware of. The house rumbled and rattled. I'm directly on the soreline of Lake Victoria, there was no noticeable water surge. Kampala - Felt in Kampala, no damage. Mbale - Gentle tremor for a minute or two. mwanza - Seal fan was shacking. And loud sound from everywhere. All large building were shacking
GEOFON	Lake Victoria Region	Sep 10 12:27	5.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
Kampala - Secousse de quelques secondes précédé d'un bruit assez assourdissant Bomet - Light tremor lasted about 3-5 seconds Kigali - Cabinets opened, glass warped but didn't break, lasted about 6-7 seconds Kampala - No damage. It shook for a long time. Kampala - Low rumbling tone for about 30-60secs. Everyone went outside. Kampala - strange and frightening sensation. Third time in less than two years. Najjeera-Kampala - Shaking for a good 20 seconds but no damage.

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Very strong dangerous earthquake below Tanzania, felt in Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya

Last update: September 10, 2016 at 2:02 pm by By Armand Vervaeck

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Update 12:54 UTC : USGS predicts a MMI VII shaking near the epicenter which will be VERY DAMAGING as MMI VII correspondts to

Update 12:53 UTC : Local reports are mentioning that houses and a church have collapsed in Bukoba, Tanzania

First instagram picture of damage in the Bukoba area https://www.instagram.com/p/BKLRaQmhVxb/

Update 12:50 UTC : Based on our findings today's earthquake might be one of the strongest of the last decades in the Lake Victoria region

A very dangerous and probably also damaging shallow earthquake struck the Nsunga area in Tanzania. We received alerts from scraed people from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.

190 km NE of Kigali, Rwanda / pop: 746,000 / local time: 14:27:28.6 2016-09-10
35 km NW of Bukoba, Tanzania, United Republic of / pop: 70,700 / local time: 15:27:28.6 2016-09-10
18 km E of Nsunga, Tanzania, United Republic of / pop: 20,100 / local time: 15:27:28.6 2016-09-1