Chuka University Student Injured During The Tremor

Chuka University Student Injured during the Earth Tremor

By P. Muindi
Two of the students had dislocated knee joints after jumping from second floor of a six-storied building Business Complex, while the rest sustained injuries following a stampede as they rushed down the Business Complex building.

A total of eighteen Chuka University students sustained injuries following Sunday’s 4.8 magnitude earthquake. A lecturer was also injured during commotion to escape thinking it was a terror attack.They were treated at Chuka County Referral Hospital and discharged. There was also screams in from those of them that were studying at the Science Complex.

The quake was registered at 4.8 MB in Wundanyi town, Taita Taveta County, Kenya.

Reports indicate that the tremors are an aftermath of a stronger 6.3 magnitude earthquake that stroke Indonesia, before the waves travelled to the eastern sides of Africa, Kenya included.

No need to panic

It is just an earth tremor given that our campus and Kenya at large lie in an active geological zone. With the Great Rift Valley a few hundred kilometres away, earth tremors are a common phenomenon.

Precaution:

In case things go sideways (who knows when?) given a powerful quake, walk (do not run) to an open field. Running may cause stampedes especially in populous areas.