The government of Zimbabwe could have linked a fake earthquake to the cylone Idai attack last month, it has been said.

The government has claimed that a 3.8 earthquake hit the country last month at the same time as Tropical Cyclone Idai.

The claims are an addition to reports by the Headman for Ngangu, Mukono who last week claimed to ZimEye.com there were loud drum like sounds in the mountains just before the cylone effects hit the area.

Headman Mukono told ZimEye this was punishment on Christians who were praying in the mountains.

Minister of Information, Monica Mutsvangwa said: “Cabinet has also established that the scale of the disaster was to some extent exacerbated by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake which hit the Chimanimani areas shortly before the onset of the cyclone.”

Journalist Ndaba Matshazi commenting on his portal said, “The Zimbabwe government says an earthquake measuring 3.8 hit the country at the same time as Cyclone Idai, the bizarre thing is no one else detected the earthquake. Below is USGS data showing earthquakes around Africa in the past 30 days.”