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2002 Kalehe earthquake

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27: 34: 255:, with the main controlling fault on the western side. The other margin is mainly unfaulted and flexural in type. The active extension is WNW–ESE trending, perpendicular to the main border fault. The displacement rate across this part of the EARS rift system is in the range 3–5 mm per year. Most earthquakes in the rift system are 232:, Lwiro, Kalehe, and Mugeri. The seismicity, volcanism, and uplift in the basin of Lake Kivu delimits the rift of a tectonic plate. Lake Kivu belongs to the western branch of the East African Rift System (EARS). The western branch is usually divided into several segments, and Lake Kivu belongs to the northern segment. 378:
Bagalwa Rukeza, Montfort (2010). "THE GEOLOGIC RISK IN THE LAKE KIVU BASIN AREA PRODUCTED BY EARTHQUAKES. Case of the February 3rd 2008 earthquake. By: L.M.Bagalwa(1), F.Lukaya(1), M.Burume(2), J.Moeyerson(3) (1): Goma Volcano Observatory, D.R.Congo (2): Naturals Sciences Research Center".
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event. Analysis of the effect of the diking on the stress field to the south suggests that faulting like that seen in the earthquake may have been promoted by this event.
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Zhang, X.; Scholz, C.A. (2015). "Turbidite systems of lacustrine rift basins: Examples from the Lake Kivu and Lake Albert rifts, East Africa".
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data and the known geology of the area to conclude that the earthquake was a result of movement on one of the east-
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Wafula, D. M.; Yalire, M.; Kasereka, M.; Ciraba, M.; Kwetuenda, M.; Hamaguchi, H. (2007).
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Earthquakes along the East African Rift System: A multiscale, system-wide perspective.
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depth of 11.0 km. These observations have been combined with the analysis of
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to the north of Lake Kivu, in January 2002. This is interpreted to be a
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occurred on October 24 at 06:08 UTC. This earthquake had a magnitude
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List of earthquakes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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2002 Kalehe earthquake is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
UTC
ISC
3509114
ANSS
ComCat
Mw
1°54′18″S 29°00′47″E / 1.905°S 29.013°E / -1.905; 29.013
Democratic Republic of the Congo
MMI VII (Very strong)
Mw
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lake Kivu
Goma
rift
basin
East African Rift System
half-graben
normal
focal mechanism
hypocentral
InSAR
dipping
eruption in the Nyiragongo volcanic area
diking
List of earthquakes in 2002
List of earthquakes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo


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