The 4.2 magnitude tremor which was recorded at Oterkporlu in the Eastern Region last Thursday was virtually not felt by the inhabitants.
While very few people noticed it, majority of them did not know that a tremor had occurred in the town.
Nene Christian Noyem, the chief of the town who was among the few who said they had felt it, said around midday on that day, he felt some movements in the earth where he was standing.
He said because the town was struck by a tremor about 30 years ago, he thought the same thing had happened.
In view of that Nene Noyemi said he was planning to hold a meeting with his elders to discuss precautionary measures that could be taken to mitigate the effect of a future occurrence, should it be severe.
Asked if he thought the blasting of rocks from limestone at Oduglase and Klo Begoro (about 10 kilometres away), could be the cause of the tremor, Nene Noyemi said he did not think so.
He, however, said that the blast had caused minor cracks in buildings within the perimeter of the mines and the companies responsible for the blasts had supplied cement to the affected households to rehabilitate their buildings.
His wife, Mrs Noyeme, who corroborated the chief�s story, said a bucket she was about to use to fetch water shook persistently for some minutes, making noise to the hearing of those around.
She indicated that she did not know it was a tremor until some people later told her.
About 20 people the Daily Graphic spoke to at Oterkporlu on Sunday, May 26, 2013, however, said nothing like that occurred.
Some of them who heard about it during the prime time TV3 newscast said the broadcast had rather put fear in them.
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