Abuja Earth Tremor: Minister Suspends Mining Activities

by AIT / 1 year ago / Environment

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari says he has ordered the suspension of blasting and mining activities around areas that experienced last week tremor to enable experts carry out investigation.

According to Bwari, the tremor may not have anything to do with excavations around affected areas but until investigation is completed, it is better to put any mining activity in that area on hold.

Mining experts in Abuja have cement the use of explosives to break or blast rocks as such practices cause vibration and the vibration in form of energy back to the earth leads to earth-shaking.

Last week, residents in some parts of the FCT witnessed series of minor earth tremor and investigations to determine the cause is still on-going.

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