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Magnitude-5.7 Quake Shakes Eastern Congo

Monday, February 19, 2007 7:04:00 AM

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A magnitude-5.7 quake shook eastern Congo's Lake Albert region on Monday near the Ugandan border, a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The tremor also was registered by the Volcanic Observatory of Goma in eastern Congo.

"It was a fairly strong tremor, which was felt in the Congo near the town of Beni, but was quite weak on the Ugandan side," said Celestin Kasereka, who heads the observatory.


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