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A report by world earthquakes.com indicates that the quake, whose epicenter was in Nsunga, Kagera, Tanzania, in the Lake Victoria Basin region, recorded a depth of 10 kilometers.

A moderate earthquake with a moment magnitude of 5.7 has hit Uganda Saturday afternoon.

Tremors were confirmed by our reporters in parts of Kampala, Mukono, Ntungamo, Entebbe, Bushenyi and surrounding areas. A similar magnitude was recorded in Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya, according to media reports.

A report by world earthquakes.com indicates that the quake, whose epicenter was in Nsunga, Kagera, Tanzania, in the Lake Victoria Basin region, recorded a depth of 10 kilometers.

There are no immediate reports of damage reported throughout the region.

Members of the public from different parts of the world took to social media with accounts of the tremor.

Dr Wolfgang H Thome tweeted "Major earthquake shakes Kampala for nearly a minute ... strongest ever felt in 25 years in Uganda Cynthia Nyamai also tweeted; I just felt a tremor. Still not over it! Everything was shaking. I have a new found respect for Mother Nature.