Congo Volcanoes
Posted by Don In Hollister on January 25, 2002 at 01:28:02:

Hi All. There are reports of a second volcano erupting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The volcano on Mount Nyamuragira sent molten lava flowing into Virunga national park, but there are no reports of casualties.

Vulcanologists have warned that eruptions could spread along the Rift Valley, which straddles Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, where there are dormant volcanoes.

Professor Wilson Mwaniki Ngechu, head of the Geology Department at the University of Nairobi told the BBC that recent studies had shown evidence of volcanic activity suggested a serious threat to the entire region.

He said that the volcanic eruptions in DR Congo could potentially stir magma lying some five to 10 kilometres below the Rift Valley surface in East Africa.

Now if that isn’t bad enough seismologists have confirmed that some of the disturbances that have shaken the Goma area over the past week have registered up to five on the Richter scale and can be defined as small earthquakes. Take Care…Don in creepy town


Follow Ups:
     ● Congo Volcanoes web page - chris in suburbia  08:54:50 - 1/25/2002  (12765)  (2)
        ● Congo M4.4 farther north - chris in suburbia  09:07:56 - 1/29/2002  (12802)  (0)
        ● Re: Congo Volcanoes web page - Don In Hollister  10:13:39 - 1/25/2002  (12766)  (0)