Earthquake in Florence, geologists: “Let’s not forget the deadly shocks that killed Grassina and Lappeggi”
In the Province of Florence the earth continues to shake. Fear among citizens, many of whom spent the night on the street and in cars
The seismic sequence continues in the Florentine Chianti which fortunately did not cause damage to people or things, but still arouses to suffer in the people who live in the area of the epicenter and in the neighboring areas. The strongest shock was felt on the evening of Thursday 12 May, with a magnitude of 3.7 and an epicenter in the Impruneta area. “R. Riccardo Martelli, president of the Order of Geologists of Tuscany -. We thus rely on the data in our possession today, which tell us that phenomena such as the one that moved the evening of Thursday 12 May and the afternoon of 3 May may occur in this area. Phenomena which fortunately did not cause damage, but which in the past, with greater magnitudes, were the cause of collapses and time wasters of human lives in the Grassina and Lappeggi area ».
To reassure you there is the certainty that the places where you live are safe. «The measures launched by the State for the improvement and seismic adaptation of buildings in the right direction, but have a limited horizon, since they give rise to isolated interventions, that is, not supported by reasoned planning – explains Martelli -. During 2020, the Order of Geologists of Tuscany started an amendment at the Senate of the Republic to modify the rule on the seismabonus, in order to introduce the possibility of carrying out the seismic analysis of buildings. A measure that would allow a safe planning of the activities to put in the buildings in the next few years, because the large part of the building that today is not in line with the regulations in force. This is what we call prevention with respect to a phenomenon that continues to make us weak and vulnerable ».