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last updated: 02/04/08 09:39.46 (PST)
On Saturday February 2 2008 at 11:34 PM (PST) the USArray seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary Mw 5.9) located in the Lac Kivu Region.
Initial source parameters for this tremor are indicated below. The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the epicenter and the closest station in the recording network, DGMT) for the USArray is 13247 km (119.05 degrees).
If you felt the quake, the USGS would like to know. Please add your comments to the USGS page "Did you feel it?".
Location Maps
The red star denotes the earthquake epicenter. Triangle symbols are active stations at the time of the earthquake in the USArray (excluding ANSS backbone stations, which are represented by a diamond symbol) and colored by network. Gray lines are major rivers.
Global View:
Regional View:
| Transportable Array (TA) | |
| UC San Diego (AZ) | |
| CalTech (CI) | |
| UN Reno (NN) | |
| Uni. Utah (UU) | |
| ANSS backbone stations (US) |
Solution Parameters
| Solution Parameters | |
|---|---|
| Local Date: | Saturday February 2, 2008 |
| Local Time: | 11:34 PM PST |
| Universal Time: | 02/03/08 (034) 07:34.15 UTC |
| Magnitude: | 5.9 Mw |
| Latitude: | -2.4740 |
| Longitude: | 28.8210 |
| Depth: | 27 km |
| Author: | QED |
| Authoritative: | yes |
Waveforms
You may view plots showing this event as recorded by USArray instruments:
Filtered waveforms
The following waveforms use a filter of 0.01–0.07 BP.
- Vertical components from every eighth USArray station that recorded the event across the whole network
- 3 components recorded by the closest USArray station to the event
Unfiltered waveforms
- Vertical components from every eighth USArray station that recorded the event across the whole network
- 3 components recorded by the closest USArray station to the event
Proximity to Population Centers
- 20 km (15 miles) N of Bukavu, Dem. Republic of the Congo
- 80 km (50 miles) SSW of Goma, Dem. Republic of the Congo
- 885 km (550 miles) W of Nairobi, Kenya
- 1515 km (950 miles) E of Kinshasa, Dem. Republic of the Congo
News Links
- USGS event page
- All Africa: "East Africa: Rwanda, Congo Quake Kills 40"
- BBC: "Search for Rwanda quake survivors"
- New York Times: "Quakes Kill at Least 40 in Congo and Rwanda"
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Current seismic activity measured by USArray
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Further information
Learn more about the Array Network Facility (ANF) component of USArray, the USArray experiment, the EarthScope project, and the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS).
