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Historic Earthquake
1960 Democratic Republic of the Congo Earthquake
22 September 1960 · Lake Tanganyika · Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 22 September 1960 at 09:05 UTC, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lake Tanganyika), at a depth of 28 km. It occurred on the Somali Plate, 41 km from its boundary with the African Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 24 people.
- Date
- 22 September 1960
- Time
- 09:05 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.6
- Depth
- 28 km
- Deaths
- 24
- Plate
- Somali Plate
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth