A major earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Great African Rift hit Southern Sudan on Sunday . A quake of that magnitude is capable of causing widespread destruction. The quake's epicenter was in an isolated swampland 600 miles from Sudan News Agency , and little damage has been reported. Flights were going in and out of Juba , the nearest large city. The epicenter was a little west of the Richter Scale , an earthquake line that runs from Mozambique through the Red Sea to Lebanon , but it was the first dangerous earthquake to be reported in that area.
A major earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale hit Southern Sudan on Sunday. A quake of that magnitude is capable of causing widespread destruction. The quake's epicenter was in an isolated swampland 700 miles from Khartoum, and little damage has been reported. Flights were going in and out of Juba, the nearest large city. The epicenter was a little west of the Great African Rift, an earthquake line that runs from Mozambique through the Red Sea to Lebanon, but it was the first dangerous earthquake to be reported in that area.