The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has denied claims of an earth tremor in the Twifo-Mampong district of the Central Region.
On June 29, 2023, residents of Twifo-Mampong experienced a heavy downpour which resulted in big cracks being created on the ground in various cocoa farmlands in the area.
With several media reports tagging the event as an earth tremor, the GGSA in a statement released on Wednesday, July 12, after an investigation indicated that, the event was a landslide.
”An investigation by a team of Seismologists and Geoscientists from the GGSA together with the DCE, assembly members and NADMO officials revealed that the event was a landslide after the heavy rainfall”, the statement noted.
The GGSA also mentioned that their seismic stations in the area did not record any major earth movements but minor earth disturbances.
According to GGSA, geological materials observed at the site were highly weathered metasediments which were saturated from the heavy downpour resulting in the movement of multiple materials in locations along slopes of hills.
Authorities however advised farmers and residents in the area to stay away from the hills when there is a sign of rainfall adding that, the general public is advised to stop development on slope of hills as such areas may not be suitable for development.
