Residents flee as another earth tremor strikes Kaduna
Schools were forced to close after another earth tremor rocked Kwoi community in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
“Very loud” vibrations hit the community around 9am on Tuesday barely twenty four hours after another occurred around 3am the day before.
“Today’s tremor was very loud,” a resident is quote to have said.
“It was louder than the previous ones. Some schools were forced to close. They sent their students back home.
“Mallam Maude School, LEA Central Primary School and Sabzuro Primary School were some of the schools which were forced to close as a result of the sound of the tremor. They were afraid that something worse might happen.
“The sound of Monday’s tremor was not as loud and devastating as the one of this morning.
“The Chairman, Mr. Ben Kure, is saying that people should be calm and stay where they are. But, the people are already frightened and they are in shock.
“When the incident happened again today, many of us who were thinking otherwise before decided to leave the town, especially the women and children.
“This is because we don’t know probably the whole town may sink when another one happens.
“And the government is not doing anything for now to evacuate people,” the resident reportedly said.
At least 300 houses were reported damaged after two tremors, coming 24 hours apart, hit the local government during the Eid Mubarak holiday (September 12).
Environmental right groups say the government is not doing enough to investigate, warn and evacuate people in the eventuality of a earthquake.
In July, earth tremors hit Mbiama and Okaki in Ahoada West local Government Area of Rivers State and Igbogene, in Yenagoa LGA of Bayelsa State.
