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Province
South Kivu
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa
South Kivu is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Africa. It spans the African and Somali plates. Records include 2 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- LandslideMedium
- VolcanoMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- River FloodLow
- Urban FloodVery Low
- CycloneVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20082008 Lake Kivu Earthquake · M 5.947 deaths
- 1960Lake Tanganyika · M 6.624 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002