The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, has asked residents of the Federal Capital Territory not to panic over the earth tremors currently being experienced.
Professor Olusegun Ige, the Director-General of the agency, disclosed in a statement that NGSA monitored the tremors and found them to be low and did not pose any threat to the environment.
“The Monitoring Station (NGSA-5) at Katampe has been capturing several significant ground motions with high moment magnitudes (Mw) in the past five days, beginning from September 13, 2024, till date.
However, only one mild event was recorded on September 13th. Six of these events were captured on the 14th of September, while over 21 events were captured on the 15th with higher intensities.
More than twenty events were recorded on the 16th of September. The intensity and frequency of the tremor appear to increase from the 13th to the 16th of September. There are a few weak events recorded today, 17th September.
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“Preliminary analysis of the waveforms showed that the sources of the ground motions are less than 5 km away from the monitoring station.”
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