Abuja Tremors: Nigerian Geological Survey DG says no cause for alarm
The Director General of the Nigerian Geological Survey, Alex Nwegbu has assured Abuja residents that there is no cause for alarm over the tremor that is being experienced in several parts of the capital.
Residents had expressed concern about a possible impending earthquake as they woke up to the vibrations early Friday morning.
Nwegbu said during a press conference in Abuja on Friday that Nigeria is safe from earthquake incidents.
“I will like to assure Nigerians that there is no cause for alarm. Nigeria is not on the boundary that can make us suffer an earthquake,” he said.
“Hence, we might just get low level earth tremors. For those at Mpape, as long as you’re not at risk from a building or home collapse, they are safe to return to their houses.
“When we got reports on the 5th, we dispersed our Geoscientists to ascertain the cause. We checked for the intensity using certain parameters used in checking these things. We noticed no cracks on building walls & on the grounds, implying it’s an earth tremor of low intensity.”
He, however, said investigations into the cause of the tremors were still ongoing.
“Our people are still in the field so we are still getting more information to know the origin of the earth tremor and where it was triggered from,” Nwegbu said.
“The Buhari administration has been helpful in enabling us to generate our Geoscience data. We are set to deploy our equipment in the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. This will enable us to get firsthand info on when the tremors are set to occur in order to warn residents around.”
