A yet another earth tremor on Tuesday rocked the a local community in
Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State as residents are already
fleeing their home for fear of the unknown...
Many residents of Kwoi community in the Jaba Local Government Area of
Kaduna State, are reportedly fleeing their homes after another earth
tremor hit them on Tuesday - an incident which occurred around 9:00am
and was accompanied by a heavy vibration.
It was gathered that an earlier tremor had taken place on Monday around
3:00am, and following the incidents, many of the residents started
fleeing the community, schools in the city were shut down and students,
who had just resumed from the long vacation, were asked to return home.
Speaking to a SaharaReporters correspondent, a resident of the
community, Ayuba Nok, described the Tuesday incident as more serious
than the earlier ones.
“Today’s tremor was very loud. It was louder than the previous ones.
Some schools were forced to close. They sent their students back home.
“Mallam Maude School, LEA Central Primary School and Sabzuro Primary
School were some of the schools which were forced to close as a result
of the sound of the tremor. They were afraid that something worse might
happen.
“The heavy vibration of the tremor happened around 9 am today. It also
occurred on Monday around 3am. The sound of Monday’s tremor was not as
loud and devastating as the one of this morning.
“The Chairman, Mr. Ben Kure, is saying that people should be calm and
stay where they are. But, the people are already frightened and they are
in shock.
“When the incident happened again today, many of us who were thinking
otherwise before decided to leave the town, especially the women and
children. This is because we don’t know probably the whole town may sink
when another one happens. And the government is not doing anything for
now to evacuate people,” Nok said.
Meanwhile, the Head of Geography Department, Kaduna State University,
Dr. Idowu Abbas, said the constant incident of earth tremor in Kwoi
town might lead to a major earthquake, urging the government to place
the community on a watch list for a possible evacuation.
“It is unfortunate that the tremor happened but it is not unusual. This
is because it can happen anywhere and at any time as long as there is
movement underneath the earth surface. It can happen anywhere, it is
just unfortunate that it happened in Kwoi.
“The tremor could be a signal of a bigger incident in Kwoi. And it still
depends on what happens within the earth surface. I think the Nigerian
Space, Research and Development Agency is already looking into that.
Honestly speaking earth tremor is a small earth quake, the major earth
quake can come,” he said.
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