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Earthquake hits Tanzania,13 killed
Dodoma, Sept 11 (IBNS): The death toll in the earthquake, which measured 5.7 on the Richter Scale, that hit northern Tanzania touched 13 on Sunday, media reports said.
The earthquake left 203 others injured.
"The quake struck close to the border with Uganda and Rwanda near Lake Victoria,:' BBC reported.
Tremors were reportedly felt in western Kenya.
"This incident has caused a lot of damage," Deodatus Kinawila, the district commissioner of Bukoba, told the BBC.
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