The residents of Abuja have put out a distress call
to the FCT Emergency Management Agency as a result of experiencing terrible
earth shakings happening around Mpape, Maitama district and some other areas
that started since on Wednesday, 5th September 2018 and have been
getting terrible.
The agency have informed the residents to remain
calm and not panic, also informed them that the earth shakings is as a result
of;
1. May
be as a result of earth tremor.
2. That
it is a sign of seismic movement within the earth. This is caused by sudden
breaks along a fault line which results in sudden release of energy that makes
the ground to shake.
3. It
is caused by stress in underground rocks that may be due to rock blasting and
mining activities in an area.
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| A Press statement on the earth shakings in Abuja released by FCT Emergency Management Agency. |
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