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People of Kwoi community in Kaduna State have been forced to flee the area following a massive earth tremor that came with heavy vibration. The people of Kwoi community in Jaba Local Government area of Kaduna State were left in panic and disarray after another earth tremor hit the community on Tuesday.
According to Punch, the incident forced many residents to flee the community. The tremor came with a heavy vibration around 9am.
The latest incident has caused many schools in the city to shut down and students, who had just resumed from the long vacation, were asked to return home. Many of the residents too had started fleeing the community, reports revealed.
While speaking about the development, a resident said: “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.”
People have been advised to leave the town as the tremor might be a sign that a major earthquake will occur. This was revealed by the Head of Geography Department, Kaduna State University, Dr. Idowu Abbas.
He said, “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.”
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