Minister says that Brava Island continues to be at alert level three and is registering some seismic activities

Paulo Rocha was speaking to the press this morning, on the sidelines of the meeting of the National Civil Protection Council called to analyze and evaluate the contingency and alert situation on Brava Island, following the earthquake of magnitude 4 to 4.5 in Richter scale, recorded on October 30th, in Brava and Fogo.

According to the official, after an analysis by the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (INMG), Brava island remains at alert level three, due to “successive seismic activities”.

“We are cautious, we are acting on prevention, the situation at the moment is calm, but since from a technical and scientific point of view there is a record of events that makes us at alert level three from the point of view of civil protection there is also a set of actions that all have to be within the scope of the national system”, declared Paulo Rocha.

The minister explained that a team from the National Civil Protection and Fire Service is currently on the island, accompanied by other technicians who are in Brava through the United Nations system in Cape Verde, working to reinforce awareness raising activities in schools. , communities and local authorities, aiming to provide answers.

From an operational point of view, he added that they are in the preparation and analysis phase of the resources available, in case it is necessary to put into action the contingency and evacuation plan for Brava Island, drawn up in 2016.

“The community has already been more worried at the moment, it is a calmer community, but the action of permanent reinforcement of awareness and sharing of information is being carried out on the ground, without much alarm, without unnecessarily worrying those who do not have to worry, But people need to know what reality is and also know how to act”, he highlighted.

According to Inforpress, students and teachers at Escola Básica de Nossa Senhora do Monte (EBNSM), in Brava, said today that they were experiencing days of “panic and fear” in the school with degraded structures, as the island has been under shake constantly.

According to professor José Henrique Ramos, in recent weeks students and school staff have been in “constant panic” due to the earthquakes that have been happening in Brava, taking into account the degradation of the school establishment, which has represented permanent “danger” for everyone.

The Minister of Internal Administration, Paulo Rocha, will travel to Brava Island today.

An earthquake measuring 4 to 4.5 on the Richter scale shook the Brava and Fogo islands on the night of October 30, according to INMG.

In Fogo, the seismic shock was felt intensely in the city of São Filipe and throughout the island and left the population worried.

The most intense earthquake, which was felt by the majority of the population, occurred at 9:00 pm, but, according to information from INMG, there was an earthquake at 9:22 pm, but of lesser intensity.