M 5.2 earthquake – Rwanda - Burundi region
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Local time: Mar 20, 2003 · 08:15 (UTC+2)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.2moment magnitude (mwc)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -2.418, 29.5605.0 km from Gikongoro
- Energy released
- 951 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 416USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 24, 2002.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 951 tons of TNT, 2 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Rwanda.
- 6.5 19 km SW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo Sep 22, 1960
- 6.4 53 km N of Rukungiri, Uganda Jun 30, 1952
- 6.3 16 km N of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo Sep 22, 1960
- 6.2 34 km SW of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo Oct 24, 2002
- 6.2 27 km SE of Makamba, Burundi Jan 31, 1952
- 6.0 9 km SSW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo Jul 3, 1954
- 6.0 145 km NW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo Sep 11, 1946
- 5.9 27 km ENE of Nsunga, Tanzania Sep 10, 2016