Turin, 2.7 magnitude earthquake in the Pinerolo area
An earthquake was felt this afternoon in the Germanasca Valley (Turin), in the Pinerolo area. According to the findings of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, the seismic event is of magnitude 2.7 with its epicenter in the Massello area, at a depth of about 10 kilometers. Many reports on social media of people who have felt the shock in various locations, but at the moment there is no damage to people or things.
Earthquake, Pirozzi, tomorrow seismic literacy day
“On November 26, 2018, on the occasion of the approval of the law that bears my name, for the prevention of seismic risk, the Regional Day of Seismic Literacy was also established, every 13 January, in memory of the catastrophic Marsica earthquake of 1915. After the tragedy there is always an investment of resources then one falls into sloth.
Today this law, which turns 4 years old, must make us think: an extraordinary plan to secure Italy would be Columbus’ egg, this is a fragile territory and we would make GDP grow without doing anything extraordinary “. former mayor of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, presenting the initiative of the Lazio Region ‘The ABC in the event of an earthquake. Prevention first of all’, on the occasion of the Third Regional Day of Seismic Literacy which will take place tomorrow Thursday 13 January in the presence of the Extraordinary Commissioner for Post-2016 Earthquake Reconstruction, Giovanni Legnini.
Councilor Claudio Di Berardino will open the proceedings, followed by the screening of the trailer documenting ‘Earthquakes: prevention and reconstruction’. The interventions of prof. Alberto Prestininzi, full professor of geology at La Sapienza University and Director of Ceri, Prevention Research Center. The second edition of the Master in seismic risk assessment analysis will also be presented with prof. Giuseppe Sappa, full professor of Geology applied to Sapienza. Following are three in-depth tables.
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