An earthquake of 5. Based on initial reports, the quake was shallow, occurring at a depth of 10 kilometers six miles. Shallow quakes generally tend to be more damaging than deeper quakes.
The quake hit near the shore of Lake Victoria and the tremors rippled as far as western Kenya and parts of Uganda, both of which share the waters of Lake Victoria and as far as Rwanda. The earthquake affected area. There is also a threat of cracked walls which may collapse. Moreover, it has started raining in the area.
East Africa's Great Rift Valley runs along a geological fault line though major earthquakes there are rare. In , a magnitude 6 quake struck the Tanzanian town of Arusha, east of Bukoba. The quake caused a lot of panic among the population, psycho social impact trauma and both the directly and indirectly affected were disoriented.
IFRC, 15 Oct Approximately 7, homes and buildings were destroyed, and there have been ripple effects through employment losses and a fall in remittances. An assessment was carried out by various government departments and the Chief Administrative Officer of Rakai Uganda appealed to the government and various stakeholders for support for the displaced population. An estimated children aged years were affected out of the 1, people in total who were affected. According to assessments done by the Tanzanian Red Cross Society TRCS in Bukoba township, initial assessment report identifies the following impacts: 20 deaths reported 13 adult, 7 children , people injured, houses totally destroyed, houses heavily to partially damaged deep cracks The quake caused a lot of panic among the population, psycho social impact trauma and both the directly and indirectly affected were disoriented.
