Kivu Geophysics Project

Proposed Geophysical Network

Network Plan At the right is the originally proposed seismic, geodetic, and magnetotelluric installation plan as it was proposed. Proposed sites are shown atop of a black-and-white SAR Interferogram highlighting the deformation driven by a significant rifting event between the Nyairigongo Volcano and Lake Kivu, and crossing between populated areas in the DRC and Rwanda.

Geodetic data products

  • Access to raw and processed GNSS results are available here
  • Early results from analysis of InSAR here

Publications

  • Murekezi, D., A. Newman, C. Wauthier, C. J. Ebinger, P. Lundgren, J. Gonzalez Santana, T. Niyitegeka, G. Nyandwi, T. Habiyakare, J. Uwiduhaye (2026), Characterization of Crustal Deformation During the May 2021 Nyiragongo Eruption Using InSAR and GNSS Data, Geophysical Research Letters, 53: e2025GL116073. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116073