The Nigerian Geological Survey Company (NGSA) says there is no such thing as a want for residents of the federal capital territory (FCT) to panic over latest earth tremors.
Residents of Mpape and Katampe communities within the FCT lately expressed fears following earth tremors that reportedly started on Saturday.
In a press release on Wednesday, Olusegun Ige, NGSA director-general, stated the company monitored the tremors and located them to be low.
He added that the tremors don’t pose any threats.
“The Monitoring Station (NGSA-5) at Katampe has been capturing a number of vital floor motions with excessive second magnitudes (Mw) up to now 5 days, starting from September 13, 2024 until date,” the assertion reads.
“Just one gentle occasion was recorded on September thirteenth. Six of those occasions had been captured on the 14th of September, whereas over 21 occasions had been captured on the fifteenth with larger intensities.
“Greater than twenty occasions had been recorded on the sixteenth of September. The depth and frequency of the tremor seem to extend from the thirteenth to sixteenth September. There are a couple of weak occasions recorded immediately, seventeenth September.
“Preliminary evaluation of the waveforms confirmed that the sources of the bottom motions are lower than 5 km away from the monitoring station.
“NGSA crew additionally visited the affected areas for on-the-spot assessments of the occasions. From the accounts of the residents of the affected areas, the observations by the NGSA crew, and findings from earlier interpretations of the airborne geophysical knowledge over the world and adjoining areas, the next conclusions had been made:
“The tremors are a results of accrued stress alongside the recognized faults and launched seismic vitality, which can have traveled by related fractures to areas the place the tremors had been felt across the FCT.
“There are a number of epicenters related to the latest tremor. Many of the epicenters are positioned northeast of the NGSA-5 Seismic Station round Mpape axis, whereas a couple of are positioned southwest of the Station round Katampe axis.
“The intensities of the tremors are weak to mild, starting from III – IV on the Modified Mercalli Scale, and pose a really low degree risk.”
The company added that it’s carefully monitoring the scenario.
“The residents of Mpape, Katampe, Maitama, and different areas the place the tremors had been felt are suggested to not panic because the tremors might be usually described as low,” the assertion provides.
“The Company is preserving an in depth monitoring of the scenario and can present updates as might develop into mandatory.
“Most people must also bear in mind that the NGSA Seismic Stations are being monitored in actual time to make sure immediate alerts on any main occasion.”
