The epicenter near Correggio. So much fear but no harm, people on the street
A second earthquake was felt in Emilia, in particular in Modena, but also in Bologna. Reporting to the regional civil protection room also came from Modena. The magnitude is between 4.3, the epicenter near Correggio. At the Municipal Theater of Modena, where a concert in memory of Mirella Freni was scheduled, several people went out into the street in a panic. “At the moment there is no damage to things or people, checks are underway by the Civil Protection, Fire Brigade and Law Enforcement”, declared the president of the Emilia Romagna Region Bonaccini. “I am in contact with all the administrators of the territory”. Confirmations of failures, or in any case not significant damage also arrive from the mayor of Correggio. And above all from the Department of Civil Protection.
The first shock
The quake just over an hour after the first earthquake, of magnitude 4.0, recorded at 19.55 in the Reggiano area. This was announced by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. A short shock, clearly felt in the two capitals but also in many neighboring areas, up to the border areas of Lombardy and Veneto. Although without consequences, the earthquake awakened fear in an area, which nearly ten years ago was severely hit by an earthquake that caused deaths and damage. Fear that has skyrocketed after the second quake. Many phone calls to civil protection and the police: people took to the streets. Phone calls from frightened people also reached 112.
The settlements
After the second earthquake in Emilia, at 9 pm in Correggio with epicenter 4.3, there were three aftershocks, again in the Reggiano area. At 21.06, according to the Ingv, of magnitude 2.2 in Bagnolo in Piano, then at 21.14, again in Correggio, magnitude 2.6 and then at 21.37 in Bagnolo, 2.7
Seismic swarm also in the Campi Flegrei
The Vesuvian Observatory has communicated to the municipal administration of Pozzuoli that a seismic swarm in the Campi Flegrei area is underway starting at 18.36. At the moment 5 tremors have been recorded, the most significant at 20.04 at a depth of 4.0 km with magnitude 1.9 and at 20.05 at a depth of 4.8 km with magnitude 2.2, both with epicenter in the Gulf of Pozzuoli. No report of damage or inconvenience by the population is currently received by the Municipal Police Station of Pozzuoli which is in any case carrying out an inspection on the territory. The Municipal Administration, together with the Civil Protection of the Municipality of Pozzuoli, follows the evolution of the seismic sequence in progress and will provide subsequent updates until the current phenomenon is concluded.
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