people on the street. Epicenter in Impruneta
Earthquake a Florence. A strong jolt of size 3.7 was recorded by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology at 11.12 pm last night. The earthquake it was well warned in the whole area of the metropolitan city of Florence and in a good part of the provinces of Siena and Prato. According to Ingv experts, the quake is linked to the seismic swarm in the Impruneta area, which began on 7 May.
In Impruneta and in the nearby municipality of San Casciano Val di Pesa, many people took to the streets after the earthquake. Checks are underway to ascertain any damage. “We are monitoring the situation with the regional Civil Protection room,” writes the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, on social media. At the moment no damage to persons or property has been reported to the Integrated Civil Protection Room of the Metropolitan City of Florence.
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Shock of #earthquake m3.7 at 8km epicenter depth #Ferrone (#Florence). Operational sale Civil protection alerted. For reports 0557890
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Fear and people on the street
“So afraid, people have reported on the street, but at the moment we have no damage to people or things. So that there is a request for intervention from the fire brigade but not so at the moment for what. There are due civil protection patrols around to carry out investigations and checks ». This was explained by Alessio Calamandrei, mayor of Impruneta.
[STIMA #PROVVISORIA] #earthquake May between 3.5 and 4.0 at 11:12 pm IT of 12-05-2022, province / area of Florence # INGV_31033941
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