FEMA confused over cause of Abuja earth tremor
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abass however said that the activities of the drillers had since been stopped adding that if it was man-made it should not reoccur until their activities returned1 by bukola adewumi1 mr idris abass the director-general of the agency told the news agency of nigeria nan on tuesday in abuja that the agency was yet to establish whether it was man-made or natural1 he however said that if it was a natural phenomenon nothing would stop it because it could only stop on its own1 like the information we earlier passed it only happened for a while and stopped but today we are happy to report that there is no case of the tremor again1 the d-g said that it had not been established whether the tremor was man-made or natural1 he noted that if it was natural it was bound to happen again after 12 years1 if it is caused by the activities of those who are blasting and drilling boreholes around the areas it can also reoccur1 few days after some abuja residence experienced earth tremor in areas such as mpape maitama gwarinpa and kubwa the fct emergency management agency fema has expressed uncertainty over the cause1 we are carrying out adequate steps to determine what happened last week maybe it is a natural cause but we want to assure the public that nigeria is not on the zone of earthquakes1 some people are arguing that tremor is an earthquake earthquake is the total destruction of activities buildings and the earth itself1 from what we have seen there is no trace of any crack on the wall or on the earth when the shaking occurred he said1 he said that fema would collaborate with other agencies especially the geological survey of nigeria to ensure that it unraveled the situation1 on our own part we are developing the response plan for this kind of emergency disaster1 he said that fema would embark on advocacy and sensitisation to the general public to tell them what to do and what not to do in case of any reoccurrence1 he said that fema would also inform the public that if it was a natural phenomenon adding that nothing could be done to stop it1