Country

DR Congo

DR Congo on the map: 4 Holocene volcanoes and 3 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
4
Confirmed eruptions
69
Continuing eruptions
2
Highest volcano
Karisimbi 4,490 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
3
Strongest
M 6.9 1910
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Nyamulagira continuing Shield volcanoes 3,058 m 48 2026
Nyiragongo continuing Stratovolcanoes 3,470 m 19 2026
Karisimbi Stratovolcanoes 4,490 m 1 8,050 BCE
Mugogo Pyroclastic cones 2,338 m 1 1957

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 6.9 · 39 km WSW of Karema, Tanzania 13 December 1910 · 15 km
  2. M 6.6 · 22 km N of Margherita, Uganda 20 March 1966 · 30 km
  3. M 6.5 · 19 km SW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo 22 September 1960 · 14 km