Ghana Meteorological Agency Breaks Silence On Accra Earth Tremor

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has served a notice to the general public about the recent earth tremor in Accra and its environs. According to the agency, their duty is to provide Ghanaians with weather forecast and not earthquake or earth tremor forecast.

“Nobody asked but @GhanaMet DOES NOT provide forecast on Earthquakes and Earth Tremor” a statement on Twitter

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This comes after a moderate earth tremor was felt in most parts of Ghana’s capital Accra on Monday morning.

Ghana is said to have a major earthquake fault line stretching from the McCarthy Hill area in Accra westwards towards the Central Region and eastwards towards the Akuapim Ridge all the way to the Volta Region in the east.

The epicentre of the fault line is thought to be located around the McCarthy-Weija Dam catchment area in Accra.

Since 1615 and 1939 when Ghana experienced its severest earthquake with a magnitude of over 6.0 on the Richter scale, there have been reported yearly occurrences of fleeting earth tremors.

According to the GGSA, signs picked up after earth tremors hit parts of Accra on March 24, 2018, showed that the fault lines were active, which meant that an earthquake could occur at any time.

On January 12, 2006, a tremor measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale hit parts of the capital, according to the Geological Survey Department.

There was a similar tremor measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale in May 2003.

Following this, several Ghanaians have shared their experience on this earth tremor and below are some reactions.

Kwabena Aduoni
My sister shouted,”Awurade gye me!”

Nana Yaw
Please if you are anywhere around weija, be very careful.
Tremor has been happening for sometime now

David Arhin
It has happened twice today hmmm. One in the morning and just now too

Delali JO
Ghana meteorology will come and give future updates . Some institutions should be closed down

Min Joe
God turning this earth up within a minute will be so easy for Him. Those of us on a storey building really felt it.

Christine Deh
I felt it paa, I was lying on the floor, I thought the end time is finally here 😁😁

Mayborn
Yes in burma camp here, was in the office scrolling through fb n I felt it. It felt like a v8 vehicle running over a speed ramp..

Mohammed Awudu
I felt it,I was at makola market..I heard it but taught it was some mere noise around……like a tunda strike