The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.

On 5 December 2005, at 15:19:56 EAT, a Mw 6.8 earthquake struck Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It killed eight people, injured several more, and destroyed hundreds of homes, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.