Earth-tremor hits Omu-Aran

Date: 2021-06-08

Earth-tremor of low magnitude has rocked Omu-Aran, the headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area in Kwara State.

A document obtained by The Nation on Monday dated 6th June 2021 by the Department of Geophysics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State stated the earth tremor occurred on Saturday 5th, June 2021.

Professor Adepelumi Abraham, who signed the document titled: "Preliminary report on the 5th June, 2021 Earth-Tremor recorded at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun State, Nigeria", reports that "An earth-tremor of low magnitude occurred in Nigeria at 11:11:25.6 am (GMT) on 5th June, 2021. The origin time is 11:11.08.2 am (GMT) (Figures 1 to 3).

"The estimated epicentral distance (D) is placed between 108 and 113 km away from the measuring station at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

"The S wave particle motion generally trends N – S and NE – SW (Figure 4). This suggests that the wave is traveling perpendicular to the particle motion. Hence, the epicenter is somewhere along the NW-SE direction of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

"Using Single Station, the epicenter is roughly place closed to Omu-Aran Kwara State at Latitude (Y) 8o 06'18.0' N, and Longitude (X) 4o 59'20.4' E (Figures 5 to 7).

"The estimated focal depth is 15.0 km. 'The Moment magnitude (Mw) is 2.6 on the Richter scale.

"The Local magnitude (ML) is 2.4 on the Richter scale.

"ls A normal fault mechanism along the Ifewara-Zungeru Transcurrent Fault system due to INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY was deduced. This suggests that this fault system is still active.

"The fault that caused the Earth-tremor has a Stress drop of 5.9 bar."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Moro     Olatunde Olukoya     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Fareedah Dankaka     Dauda Adesola     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     IYA YUSUF     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Ajeigbe     Ilorin Metro Park     Muhammed Aliyu     Umar Danladi Shero     Isiaka Alikinla     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Samari     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Jimoh Akani     Towoju     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Solomon Edoja     Oye Tinuoye     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Salihu S. Yaru     Sambo Murtala     Rafiu Ibrahim     Moji Makanjuola     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     YAKOOYO     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     John Olobayo     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Kolo     Ahmed Dankaya     Halimat Yusuf     ITP     Suleiman Mora Omar     University Road     VADA     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Oluronke Adeyemi     Illyasu Abdullahi     Mamman Saba Jibril     Ilorin International Airport     Musa Alhassan Buge     Asa LGEA School     Maigida     March 18     Hamid Bobboyi     Kola Shittu     Tunde Kazeem     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Femi Oladiji     S.O. Opowoye     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Stephen Fasakin     Aso-ofi     NTA Ilorin     Danladi     Ethical College     Olayinka Are     NIRSAL     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Yahya Mohammed     Hausa     Shola Odetundun     Gbenga Awoyale     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Clara Nwachukwu     Aso Ofi     Tunji Oyawoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Danladi     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Sulaiman Gado     Al-Hikmah Radio     Dele Momodu     Okin Biscuit     Ahman Pategi     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Egbewole     ASMAU PLAZA     Nnazua     Joseph Daudu     Kwara 2023     Dauda Adesola     Shehu Alimi Foundation     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Reuben Paraje     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     KW-GIS     Dunmade     Facemasks     Folashade Omoniyi     Sa\'adu Gambari     Saka Asiat Ayinke     YAKOOYO     Saheed Alakoso     A.O. Belgore     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Alabe     Salihu S. Yaru     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     JUSUN     Hijaab     National Party Of Nigeria     KWASAA     Towoju     Akeem Olatunji     Kwara Politics     Odo-Owa     Edu     Alaaya     Bio Ibrahim     UNIFEMGA     General Hospital, Offa     Law School Scholarship     Radio Kwara     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Pakata     Ashiru     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Demola Banu     Tanke Road     Stephen Fasakin     VADA     NIPR     Village Alive Development Association     Okeose Christian Cementary     Oko-Erin     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Charles Ibitoye     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Erubu Oba Zubair     Ramadan     Ilorin     Harmony Holdings     Inside Kwara     Isiaka Yusuf     Oloje     Tunde Kazeem     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Baboko Primary School     EndSARS