An earthquake measuring 5.7 hit Tanzania on Saturday, killing 11 people and injuring over 100, police said.

Tremors were felt in nearby Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya also, the United States Geological Survey said.

The epicentre of the quake was about 25 kilometres east of the north western town of Nsunga on the border of Lake Victoria.

Earthquakes are fairly common in the Great Lakes region but are almost always of low intensity.