UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Democratic Republic of Congo D R Congo : Earthquake in Great Lakes region Issued on 8 Feb 2008

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter’s scale stroke the pro- J"!(Katana Dead: 1 person Injured: 22 persons vince of , in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sun- Kalehe day 3 February 2008 at 07H35 GMT (09H35 local time). !( Nyakalengwa Lwiro 10 Schools damaged ! 12 Churches damaged Kakondo Kabare Dead: 2 persons The epicentre of the earthquake lies approximately 20 km north of ! Injured: 20 persons the provincial capital, Bukavu, near the localites of Kivumu and Bira- Mirunga Walungu ! va. A series of successive aftershocks occurred again today. Shabunda IDJWI Mbayo Impact of the earthquake South Kivu ! Buhandahanda ! Mwenga Kamakombe • 7 confirmed deaths. Some 447 injured persons have been treated. ! Luhihi • According to the Mayor of Bukavu, a total of 250 buildings were ! Ishungu ! destroyed in Kabare, Walungu, Kalehe, Idjwi territories, including the Stshombo 99 already identified in Bukavu town ! Mushweswe Butorangwe Kavumu Kuvumu ! ! Response J"! Fizi ¼ Mululu ! 1. Non-Food Items/Emergency Shelters/Food: 250 buildings destroyed in .! Mulangani Bukavu, Kabare, Walungu, Tshibinda ! ! Epicenter Kalehe, Idjwi territories 05010025 1,729 affected families received assistance (1,050 families in Bukavu, Luamisole Magnitude: 6.1 M and 679 in the surroundings) KilometresKalonge Mulungu ! ! ! Depth: 33 km 10 km Bukavu: KABARE • UNHCR and local NGO partner ADSSE: non-food assistance to 202 Miti J"!(BiravaBirava affected families in the Commune of Ibanda 20 km ! Kanonzi ! • IRC: NFI kits to 848 affected families through the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) (230 in Ndendere neighbourhood, 584 registered Mulalo families in the Commune of ). ! Mushuva ! • WFP: distributed one-month food rations to 187 persons undergoing treatment in six hospitals in Panzi, Bagira, HGR Bukavu, Mukongola, Ciriri, KALEHE Mudaka ! Muresha • 150 tents (22 sq. meters) will be airlifted from the Brindisi (Italy) Mount Beiga ! UN Humanitarian Response Depot ! Kadjedje Kidumbi Shifuma ! ! ! Commune de Ibanda: Severley damaged Other Areas: Communes de Bagira & Kadutu: Limited damage • ICRC: assistance (food rations & NFI) to 564 affected families in Kabare Centre, Katana, Kavumu and Birava

2. Health : • 447 injured persons: registered & treated in hospitals in Kabare, Bukavu City Panzi, Bukavu general and Walungu (south of Bukavu). 80% of injur- Bushwira ies were minor and patients have been discharged ! • 56 health facilities have been damaged by the earthquake Hongo ! 3. Logistics: Injured: 37 persons • The Logistics Cluster will conduct assessment missions on public bui- Kabare ldings to have estimated damaged costs and final figures should be Hospital damaged "J ! available on Tuesday 12 Feb after a final consolidation meeting with Bagira the Mayor, public authorities and UNDP

Dead: 4 persons • UNDAC team will deploy to Bukavu, DRC on Sun 10 Feb to work Injured: 295 persons with the Risk Management Unit of the Goma Volcano Observatory and OCHA/DRC 99 Buildings collapsed Bukavu R! Ibanda ¶ 815 Buildings uninhabitable Tshabarabi For further information, please contact Christophe Illemassene 1,050 affected families received assistance! 02.551.25 Kadutu OCHA DRC +243 (0)81-9889-195 / [email protected] Kilometres Bugobe 0120.5 Geographic data source : GIS Working Group, UN Agencies, MONUC,! NGOs, Etat Congolais (Project initated by UNJLC) For maps, please contact Tamreez Amirzada OCHA DRC is supported by: Belgian Cooperation, Canada, Dutch Government, ECHO, France, Germany, Norway, SIDA, Spanish Cooperation, Switzerland, UK Government, USAID/OFDA Kilometres OCHA DRC +243 (0)81-9889-185 / [email protected]

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