Namibia: Quake Shakes Omaruru

30 April 2008

Windhoek — An earthquake struck twice in the vicinity of Omaruru in the Erongo region on Saturday. The tremors were less than two hours apart.

The first earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred at about 15h50 about 50 kilo-metres east of Omaruru, according to the Directorate of Geological Survey.

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