Nicholas Opoku, a well-known seismologist, has advised Ghanaians to be ready for more tremors this year, some of which could potentially cause earthquakes.
Accra, the capital of Ghana, is highly vulnerable to earthquakes, and could suffer the natural occurrence at any time, according to Nicholas Opoku of the Geological Survey Authority.
The Seismologist , stated that Accra is in an earthquake zone and it is normal for the region to experience such tremors from from time to time.
This comes in the wake of multiple earth tremors recorded in many parts of Accra Wednesday night.
Parts of Accra on Monday, December 12, were hit by two earth tremors. The first tremor was recorded a little after 10: 00 am while the second was recorded around 11: 30 am.
Occurring three successive times in a spate of 10 minutes, the earth tremors got many out of their rooms.
Aside Accra, other areas such as Cape Coast, Kasoa and Swedru in the Central Region also experienced the tremors.
Its magnitude has been pegged at 4.0 on the Richter Scale.
Mr Opoku added that the Geological Survey Authority is still assessing the level of the latest earth tremor and also asses how infrastructure in the country can withstand a major earthquake in the future.
“We are not very sure how much our infrastructure will respond to a major earthquake, that is why the Ghana Earthquake Committee was set up to asses all the necessary measures that needs to be done to ensure we live safely.”
Mr Opoku said there are active fault lines in Accra which makes the situation dangerous in the event of a movement in the earth.
He called for intensified education in order to avert a disaster-in-waiting.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) says much effort has gone into educating Ghanaians who occupy the fault lines.
According to George Ayisi, seismological equipment has already been installed in Weija and close to the NADMO offices to detect earthquake precursors.
He claimed that despite Act 927, NADMO requires more authority to enforce specific laws.
He claimed that a piece of legislation could provide this (LI).
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