The Federal Government has commenced investigations into the causes of the recent earth tremors in parts of the capital territory.
The tremors, which began on the night of September 16, 2024, alarmed residents Mpape, with reports of six to eight seismic events being recorded.
They were said to be first detected around 11:00 pm, leading to widespread concern due to loud noises and ground shaking in the vicinity.
But the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Mr Uche Nnaji, has assured the public that a team of experts from the Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics, an arm of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, has begun actively examining the tremors using sophisticated earthquake analysis software.
According to data from seismographs, the tremors included three foreshocks and three aftershocks, with the main seismic event occurring at 11:18:37 pm, which recorded a local magnitude of 3.1 and a focal depth of 11 km.