M4.8 earthquake 8 km ESE of Cyangugu, Rwanda
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Cyangugu, Rwanda on Sun, Feb 3, 2008, 1:37 PM GMT+2 (11:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 8 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-03 11:37:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.503° S, 28.981° E
- Region
- Rwanda
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.128 km WNW of Cibitoke, Burundi · 6806 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.66 km NNW of Cyangugu, Rwanda · 6806 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.74 km SSW of Cyangugu, Rwanda · 6804 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.812 km ENE of Cyangugu, Rwanda · 6804 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.73 km ENE of Cyangugu, Rwanda · 6798 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.38 km N of Cyangugu, Rwanda · 6796 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 12
- 4.77 km NNW of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo · 6795 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.612 km NNE of Cyangugu, Rwanda · 6783 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fy2a (also filed as us2008mza3). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC.