Eli Djomekou writes: Is Ghana ready for an imminent earthquake? [Article]

The most powerful and largest quake in the world was the 9.5-magnitude Valdivia Earthquake that struck Chile in 1960.

After fifty-eight years of seismic quiescence, Ghana returned on the pathway of earth tremors and the year 1997 in Accra was significant.

Per the data available, it remains the only year in which the country recorded three earth tremors in a span of three months.

But why are these earth tremors occurring and what explanation do we provide to them?

An earthquake or earth tremors happen when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another

The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter, and the location directly above it on the surface of the earth is called the epicenter.

Amponsah is calling on owners of buildings to retrofit their structures such that they can sustain earth tremors and major earthquakes.