Abuja Earth Tremor: Earth Tremor Rocks Abuja, Even This Morning Too; FG Issues Red Alert

Abuja Earth Tremor: Earth Tremor Rocks Abuja, Even This Morning Too; FG Issues Red Alert

Panic gripped some residents in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after they experienced earth tremor on Wednesday night.

The areas where the earth tremor was pronounced were Mpape and parts of Maitama districts.

A resident of Mpapae, Fatima Ahmedu described the experience as frightening.

She said her building was shaken by the unusual movement first noted about 7p.m., which caused her to run out of the building out of fear.

Ahmedu said the unusual movement occurred about three times and caused the people living in Mpape to live in fear throughout the night.

Yesterday the FG released a safety measure, but this morning Abuja residents have taken to twitter to say they felt it again. See their tweets below and what FG says one should do when a thing like that occurs. FEMA, in a statement, said the tremor maybe a sign of seismic movement within the earth and said:

“it could also be caused by a sudden break along lines which result in sudden release of energy that makes the ground to shake.

FEMA also assured that the likelihood of an earthquake happening in Nigeria was low as Nigeria is not in an earthquake zone.

The statement was signed by FEMA Director General of, Mr. Abbas Idriss. Read below:

Abuja Earth Tremor: Earth Tremor Rocks Abuja, Even This Morning Too; FG Issues Red Alert