Another Earth tremor confirmed in Abuja

A minor earth tremor in Bwari Area of Abuja has been confirmed by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) to have occurred on Monday.

Speaking to NAN, the Deputy Director in the agency and head of Geophysics Department, Mr Imam Kaka said men from the agency have visited the site.

Urging residents not to panic, Kaka said though vibration occurred, there was no visible crack.

"We found out that there was a little tremor recorded by our equipment dated January 12, 2020 and it occurred around 5.20 p.m.

“On that basis, we mobilised and went to the locality in Bwari Area Council of the FCT.

“Certainly, the people in the area were agitated, but the tremor was minor, it did not affect their structures, we were able to look at the geology of the structure.

“We will look at the geology of the structure with other geologists to see what really happened geologically,” he said.

He stated this after he initially dismissed a report of tremor on Bwari and Gwagwalada areas of Abuja.

MyNigeria recalls Kaka saying, "We have a station in the University of Abuja in Gwagwalada, and the officer in charge who heads the University’s Physics Department said there was no such record.

“We even questioned people around Abaji and Gwagwalada and there was no report of such, unlike before when we will receive calls from people when such thing happened,” he said.