Tanzania quake kills at least 11; president says many dead

A local newspaper tweeted that the quake had killed at least 11 people and injured at least 100 in Bukoba, quoting a police commander. Shallow quakes generally tend to be more damaging than deeper quakes.

Reports emerging now speak of an initial death toll of up to 11 people with scores more injured and being treated in hospitals and health centers.

The quake was felt as far away as western Kenya and parts of Uganda, which share the waters of Lake Victoria.

A minor natural disaster of magnitude 4.1 today struck in Delhi, National Capital Region also minor tremors were felt in Gurgaon, Haryana, news agency ANI reported.

“This incident has caused a lot of damage”, Deodatus Kinawila, the District Commissioner of Bukoba, told the BBC.

Residents of the Tanzanian town of Bukoba, near the epicentre, had earlier told AFP that some houses there had caved in. “Even the number of injuries is likely to go up”.

The epicentre of the 1227 GMT quake was about 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of the north-western town of Nsunga on the border of Lake Victoria, according to the US Geological Survey. “Buildings have collapsed and people are still trapped underneath the rubble”.