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Facts You Should Know About Earth Tremors

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6 years ago

September 7, 2018

Yesterday, in various places in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, there were so many reports about shaking and vibrating movement of the earth.

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A shaking or vibrating movement of the earth is known as tremor.

In general, trembling of the earth takes place before earthquake strikes an area. People who live in the danger zone anticipate the danger with these tremors. The magnitude of earthquakes is measured on Richter scale while its intensity is measured on Mercalli scale. A tremor is hardly felt when an earthquake of magnitude 3 or lower strikes. It is when the magnitude becomes above 8 that earthquakes cause much damage to life and property.

Both earthquakes and tremors signify the same trembling of the earth, but if one deeply looks into, there is a difference between the two.

In the aftermath of the earth tremors that hit Abuja, Alex Nwegbu, the Director General of the Nigerian Geological Survey on Friday assured residents that there is no cause for alarm.

Nwegbu gave this reassurance at a press conference held in Abuja.

“I will like to assure Nigerians that there is no cause for alarm. Nigeria is not on the boundary that can make us suffer an earthquake. Hence, we might just get low level earth tremors. For those at Mpape, as long as you’re not at risk from a building or home collapse, they are safe to return to their houses. When we got reports on the 5th, we dispersed our Geoscientists to ascertain the cause. We checked for the intensity using certain parameters used in checking these things. We noticed no cracks on building walls & on the grounds, implying it’s an earth tremor of low intensity.”

However, these are facts about Earth Tremors everyone should know;

• Tremor is the shaking or trembling of the surface of the earth before an earthquake strikes.

• In some places, tremors are classified as earthquakes of smaller magnitude.

• Tremors take place before an earthquake and forewarn about an impending earthquake that may cause much damage.

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