Following panic that arose on Thursday due to reports of another Earth Tremor occurrence in Maitama District, Abuja, the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has assured Abuja residents to remain calm.
The Special Assistant to the Minister of State of the Ministry, Ishaku Kigbu, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
According to him, the NGSA technical team were still conducting further assessment of the occurrence.
Mr Kigbu said the tremor which lasted for a minute occurred at about 12.26p.m.
Bear in mind that vibration and movement of the earth occurred in September in Mpape and parts of Maitama District, Abuja.
“The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), an Agency of the ministry, saddled with the responsibility of such occurrence had dispatched a technical team to the location for assessment.
“The preliminary findings indicated that the tremor occurred 12.26 p.m. around Panama Street in Maitama District,” he said.
The minister’s aide said that after field evaluations, the NGSA determined that the intensity was about 3.0 on the Mercalli Intensity Scale, which means it was felt indoors and lasted less than a minute.
NAN reports that he said that further inspections by the agency revealed that there was no structural damage.
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