Accra risk heavy earthquake – Geologist

A retired former  Executive Director of the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographical Survey, University of Ghana, Prof. Emmanuel Amamoo Okyere  is warning  Ghanaians to brace up for more earth tremors this year, which could even lead to earthquakes.

He is of the view that the country’s  capital city Accra, Kasoa and other surrounding areas  in particular, are  earthquake-prone zones and therefore could suffer the natural occurrence any time. This comes in the wake of multiple earth tremors  measuring 4.2 on the richter scale recorded in many parts of Accra Wednesday night.

Prof. Amamoo Okyere was speaking to host of the GOLD POWER DRIVE, Sena Numbo  on Thursday, June 25.

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.


He 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.