The 3.9 magnitude earthquake had its epicenter off the north-western Calabrian coast, in the province of Cosenza, and far from inhabited areas.
New strong searthquake struck today in Calabria. The earthquake of magnitude 3.9 had an epicenter off the coast North-western Calabria, in the province of Cosenza. According to the INGV findings, the earthquake was recorded today morning, Friday 15 November, exactly at 9.05 am.
According to what the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology itself communicates, the seismic phenomenon was localized at a very high depth, the hypocenter of the earthquake is in fact over 280 kilometers deep. The earthquake, localized by the INGV-Rome Seismic Hall, was poorly felt by the local population both due to the high distance of the epicenter from inhabited areas and the great depth of the phenomenon.
The epicenter of today’s earthquake in Calabria, in fact, was located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of the town of Scalea, in the province of Cosenza, with geographical coordinates (lat, lon) 39.7130, 15.5390 and therefore well away from the coast. There are no municipalities within twenty kilometers from the epicenter and therefore there are no reports from citizens.
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In the previous hours, two other tremors of lesser intensity and magnitude 2 had also hit Calabria and the province of Cosenza, but on the mainland. The two tremors occurred during the night between Thursday and Friday. The area affected is the one between Cellara and Mangone, the same area already hit by the series of earthquakes last October, the strongest of which had an intensity of magnitude 3.7. “Since it is a highly dangerous area, attention must remain high until we see that the seismicity drops, that is, that the system has found itself in a situation of equilibrium” the president of INGV Carlo explained to Fanpage.it Doglioni.
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