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The federal government, through the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), has responded to claims of the possibility of an earthquake in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Speaking on Saturday, January 11, Abba Usman, the deputy director of NGSA, dismissed the claims when interviewed by newsmen, Channels TV reports. Usman said that going by researches carried out by the agency, there was no seismic activity in the rumoured location, Abaji, which is close to the FCT. He debunked claims made by a lecturer in the Department of Geology at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun state who had raised the alarm that a 3.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Abuja recently. Sometime last year, they were reports of vibrations and movements of the earth reported in various sections of the capital city.