Chapter 6: How Deep E Go?

Experts from everywhere dey talk their own, dey argue about what cause the earthquake.

As dem dey argue, I dey remember how our elders dey settle matter for village: each person go talk im own, last last, na the oldest person go decide. Here, nobody wan gree.

Me, I just dey quiet, dey look the data for screen, dey draw nonsense for my notebook.

I draw palm tree for corner, e help me calm down. Sometimes, small childish thing fit clear adult wahala.

The focal depth match our own for bureau, so e fit be correct.

For book, dem dey call any earthquake wey deep pass 300 kilometers deep-focus earthquake.

Nobody really sabi wetin dey cause deep-focus earthquake.

The deepest earthquake ever record na Sulawesi for Indonesia, June 29, 1934, focal depth reach 720 kilometers.

I dey remember my lecturer for UNN, Dr. Okeke, wey go say, "Once e pass 700, na wahala be dat."

Normally, energy from that kind deep earthquake suppose finish before e reach surface, so e no dey too scatter things.

But this Antarctic earthquake scatter everywhere, nearly clear surface finish.

So, how big the energy wey come out from that deep place?

I dey imagine if dem fit use that energy for NEPA, maybe light go stable for Nigeria for one year straight.