Earthquake measuring 5.7 hits northwest Tanzania - USGS


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  • Sunday, 11 Sep 2016

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Several people were killed when an earthquake measuring 5.7 hit northwest Tanzania on Saturday, the president's office said, with a local newspaper putting the death toll at 10.

The quake struck at 1227 GMT, 43 km (27 miles) from Bukoba, a city on the western shore of Lake Victoria, at a depth of 10 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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