Rear Admiral Benjackson Noshiri, Chairman of Marine Engineering\u00a0 and Naval Architecture Division of the Nigerian Navy, says tsunami is unlikely to occur in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
He said that all known geographical facts could confirm his assertion.<\/p>\n
Noshiri\u00a0 said last week in Lagos that tsunami is caused by volcanoes, undersea earthquakes and landslide which mostly occurred in coastal regions.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean because the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by the Ring of Fire, a highly active volcano and earthquake zone\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Noshiri said that it was very unlikely that Nigeria would experience a tsunami because of the country\u2019s geographical location and lack of tsunami causing agents.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have volcanoes, we don\u2019t have a history of earthquake and it\u2019s unlikely that we will experience one and a landslide is impossible along our coastal line.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough we have experienced earth movement in the past, the movement was minor in magnitude and it did not occur on our coastal region, where it can be a threat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to him, the only known tsunami in the African soil happened in 2004 in Somalia, when an undersea earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean, which devastated India and a major portion of Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tsunami didn\u2019t affect Somalia much because the wave moved downwards on the eastern side of the fault line and upwards on the western side and the western pulse hit coastal Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Noshiri said that although it was unlikely for a tsunami to happen in Nigeria, the country should still prepare for any natural disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rear Admiral Benjackson Noshiri, Chairman of Marine Engineering\u00a0 and Naval Architecture Division of the Nigerian Navy, says tsunami is unlikely to occur in Nigeria. He said that all known geographical facts could confirm his assertion. Noshiri\u00a0 said last week in Lagos that tsunami is caused by volcanoes, undersea earthquakes and landslide which mostly occurred in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}