Asare-Bediako Baah, Boateng Cyril D, Opoku Nicholas, Danuor Sylvester K, Arthur Lawrence N B, Anokwa Yvonne M
Department of Physics, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
Caburu Company Ltd, P. O. Box MD 2046, Madina, Accra, Ghana.
Heliyon. 2024 May 18;10(10):e31536. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31536. eCollection 2024 May 30.
Seismic activities pose significant challenges to societies globally. Therefore, it is crucial to understand their occurrence, patterns, and impacts. By studying seismic activities, including earthquakes, researchers can investigate their occurrence, distribution, and characteristics which can provide effective management and risk reduction strategies. The southern part of Ghana is prone to earthquakes and this study aims to shed more light into the nature of seismic events in the area and country at large. A systematic review was conducted using the PRISMA technique across three electronic databases (SCOPUS, Dimensions and Google Scholar) to identify relevant studies published between 2000 and 2023. Extraction of data and quality assessment were performed in order to ensure reliability and validity of included studies. Results identified only 17 papers from published records to meet the inclusion criteria. Despite the grave threat earthquakes pose to vital infrastructure and human life in Ghana, research in this area remains remarkably deficient. Our findings underscore the urgent need for further study given the catastrophic potential of seismic disasters in the region. Moreover, upon scrutinizing the methodologies deployed in extant literature concerning seismic activity in Ghana, a recurring constraint that emerged was the scarce availability of data. In essence, this study offers an indispensable panorama of earthquake research in Ghana, bridging the existing knowledge chasm on seismic phenomena in the region. The insights gleaned from this review promise to fortify our comprehension of Ghana's seismic activities, thereby bolstering the country's capabilities for more effective preparedness and response strategies.
地震活动给全球社会带来了重大挑战。因此，了解地震活动的发生、模式及其影响至关重要。通过研究包括地震在内的地震活动，研究人员可以调查其发生、分布和特征，从而提供有效的管理和风险降低策略。加纳南部容易发生地震，本研究旨在更深入地了解该地区乃至整个国家地震事件的性质。使用PRISMA技术对三个电子数据库（Scopus、Dimensions和谷歌学术）进行了系统综述，以识别2000年至2023年期间发表的相关研究。进行了数据提取和质量评估，以确保纳入研究的可靠性和有效性。结果从已发表的记录中仅确定了17篇符合纳入标准的论文。尽管地震对加纳的重要基础设施和人类生命构成了严重威胁，但该领域的研究仍然非常匮乏。鉴于该地区地震灾害的潜在灾难性，我们的研究结果强调了进一步研究的迫切需求。此外，在仔细研究现有文献中关于加纳地震活动所采用的方法时，出现的一个反复出现的限制因素是数据的稀缺性。本质上，本研究提供了加纳地震研究不可或缺的全景图，弥合了该地区地震现象现有知识的鸿沟。从本次综述中获得的见解有望加强我们对加纳地震活动的理解，从而增强该国制定更有效备灾和应对策略的能力。
