The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has urged the residents of Twifo Mampong in the Central Region to stay calm following a suspected earth tremor in the area.
According to the NADMO Director for Twifo Atti-Morkwa, Richmond Addai-Marfo, the impact of the incident was felt in about five different areas in the community on Sunday, July 9.
“When we received the distress call on Sunday, we thought it was a landslide, but when we visited the affected areas, we realised farmlands had been destroyed, and portions of the land had caved in.
“There was also a huge rock fall from some mountainous areas, which makes the incident scary, but we have commenced evaluation and will make our findings known,” he said.
He added that the organisation could not confirm whether it was an earthquake but has urged residents to remain calm while authorities investigate.
Mr Marfo said officials from their regional offices and headquarters are expected to visit the scene and examine the incident with the appropriate instruments before any conclusions can be drawn.
This comes after parts of Accra experienced several earth tremors in 2022 and early 2023.
The last earth tremor experienced in the region was Friday, March 10, 2023.
After the tremor, the Ghana Geological Survey Authority(GGSA) said they were educating and sensitising the public on awareness and response during earth tremors.
Meanwhile, the Director-General of the GGSA, Mr Isaac Kuuwan Mwinbelle, called on the government to help the authority with an amount of $200 million for an “effective and fully operational monitoring system” to identify earthquakes or earth tremors when they are about to strike.
He added that the current budget allocation to the authority was inadequate.