Local authorities in Tanzania said on Sunday that the death toll from a 5.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on Saturday has risen to 14 people while 200 others were injured.
Tanzania quake toll rises to 14, 200 injured
Over 250 houses and telecommunications lines were destroyed in the worst-hit town of Bukoba, close to the epicentre of the quake.
The earthquake which struck at 15h27 local time was felt in some parts of the larger east Africa; Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
East Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs along a geological fault line but earthquakes are rare.
Tanzania’s Prime minister, Kassim Majaliwa, was expected to join mourners gathered at the Bukoba stadium on Sunday.
AFP