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Sunday, 11 September 2016

Panic as Kaduna is hit by earth tremour


The headquarters of Jaba local government area in the southern part of Kaduna state, was Sunday, September 11, 2016, hit by a series of earth tremour which caused panic and confusion reports Naij.com
Confirming the incident in a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan, the spokesperson to Governor Nasir el-Rufai,
The statement said: “The governor sympathises with the people in the Kwoi area over the reported earth tremors. “He has directed the state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to mobilise to the area and comfort our citizens. “The national geological agency has also been notified, and has been invited to investigate the tremors in the Kwoi area and provide appropriate guidance. “The Kaduna state government is receiving updates from the area. Relevant government agencies have been directed to take steps to comfort the residents of Kwoi area and to assuage their unease as they come to terms with an unusual event. The Kaduna State Government wishes to appeal for calm, and urges everyone not to spread unverified information, or create panic.”
Remeber An earth tremor is another term for an earthquake, although it is most commonly used to describe earthquakes of low intensity. Earthquakes are measured with tools called seismographs, and their intensity is rated on a logarithmic scale, called the Richter scale. The Richter scale is not useful for earthquakes that rank higher than a level 8 earthquake.



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