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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