It ‘a magnitude 5.4 and occurred about 60 km depth, according to preliminary estimates from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) recorded the earthquake in the province of Parma, in the Cornwall and Berceto. ‘ll earthquake occurred in an area where earthquakes are very deep, up to 70 km, occurred in the past. Experts say an earthquake INGV so deep is easily felt in a wide area.
It ‘was distinctly felt throughout northern Italy.
SOME OFFICES IN MILAN EVACUATION – Evacuated some offices in Milan, where it is automatically tripped the security plan developed by the firms after the earthquake. Firefighters are not evacuations of schools still open in the afternoon (especially pre-schools), but do not exclude that institutions have decided on their own. In the province in Garbagnate Milanese is a nursery school was evacuated for cracks in a wall. Many calls to the fire department for information on the magnitude of the quake.
Liguria: PLENTY OF FEAR, BUT NO DAMAGE REPORTED – So afraid, in Liguria, where shortly after 15:50 was felt a violent shock of an earthquake. Hundreds of phone calls to firefighters and policemen of citizens alarmed. At present, however, are not reported damage to persons or property.
CIVIL PROTECTION ER, NO DAMAGE REPORT – “No damage reported, on the basis of the first tests we did with the fire department and local authorities.” The engineer said Demetrio Egidi, Head of Civil Protection of Emilia Romagna. The epicenter of the quake with a magnitude of 5.4 – reiterated Egidi – was recognized in Cornwall, Monchio Berceto and the Courts, in Parma. “The great depth of the quake, 60.8 km, has meant that it was spread over a wide area, softening the force of the earthquake,” said the head of the regional civil protection.
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