The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday assured residents that there was no likelihood of earthquake within the territory and the country, after the earth tremor in Mpape and its environs on Thursday.
Residents in the Federal Capital Territory were alarmed by the sudden shake of the earth in the affected areas which was their first experience in many years.
The tremor instilled some fear in the residents, resulting in confusion about the cause of the terrific happening around them.
FEMA Director-General, Abass Idris, said there no cause for alarm, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja while reacting to distress calls by residents of the FCT.
According to him, the earth shaking around Mpape and some parts of Maitama district does not imply that the FCT and indeed the country is under the threat of earthquake, saying that the agency is in firm control of the situation.
“We are urging all residents to calm down and be rest assured that the abnormal situation would soon stop,” he said.
According to him, the possible cause of the incident may be due to earth tremor which he explained, is a “sign of seismic movement within the earth that was caused by a sudden break along a fault line.
“This sudden release of energy makes the ground to shake which may be caused by stress in underground rocks and may be due to rock blasting and mining activities in the area.
“When personnel of the agency interacted with residents of Mpape and its environs, they gathered that this was not the first time the shaking has occurred but has happened five years ago,” he added.
