NGSA allays fears over earthquake scare in FCT

The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) has allayed fears over earth tremors experienced in Mpape, Katampe, Maitama and other areas of Abuja the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

NaijaOnPoint.com.ng (NOP) reports this is coming after an official of the agency, who refused to be named, earlier urged residents of the affected areas to consider temporary relocation if the tremor continued.

However, NGSA has advised the residents of the affected areas to be calm, stressing that the situation is being monitored.

A statement by the Director General, Professor Olusegun Ige disclosed that NGSA monitored the tremors and found them to be low and did not pose any threat to the environment.

The statement, meanwhile, noted that The Monitoring Station (NGSA-5) at Katampe has been capturing several significant ground motions with high moment magnitudes in the past five days, beginning from September 13, 2024 till date.

According to the statement, only one mild event was recorded on September 13th and that six of these events were captured on the 14th of September, while over 21 events were captured on the 15th with higher intensities.