This study investigates crustal structure beneath the Nsukka, Ife, and Kaduna seismic stations in Nigeria using waveform data from the 11 September 2009 earthquake recorded by the national seismic network. The work applies body-wave phase modelling to examine P- and S-wave propag...
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Research Article10.9734/psij/2026/v30i4962
The frequency of occurrence of earthquakes in Nigeria, and its neighbouring regions of Cameroon, and the Gulf of Guinea is on the rise. This work aims to assess the potential seismic hazards in these regions and compute earthquake recurrence parameters (b-value, activity rates, a...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i51902
Lungfa Collins Wuyep, Umar Afegbua Kadiri, Isogun Adeyemi Monday, Nanshin Emmanuel Nansak, Lumi Zakka, Habila Yusuf Thomas & Ezisi Pius Ogugua·Asian Journal of Geographical Research·2021
Regardless of the doubt caused by some rounds on the impossibility of earthquake forecast, more and more countries, even at the highest governmental levels, realize that doing nothing is the ostrich position of dread before the real difficulties associated with the creation of a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2021/v4i394
Lumi Zakka, Lungfa Collins Wuyep, Isogun Adeyemi Monday, Umar Afegbua Kadiri, Habila Yusuf Thomas, Ezisi Pius Ogugua, Hassan Ahmad Ahmad, Idachaba Siaka John, Wazhi Ponnak Ezekiel & Shomgwan Gambo·Asian Journal of Geological Research·2024
Nigeria is not a country chiefly linked with earthquake. However, there have been records of earthquake occurrences in the past. This dismissed the old believe that the country was aseismic. Even though Nigerian’s seismic activity lies between moderate and low, seismicity in the...