Italy Hit with Tsunami Alert Amid Mass Evacuation Following Huge Earthquakes
Schools and public buildings were evacuated as officials warned coastal areas could face waves under 0.5 meters.
- On Friday, Italy's national tsunami warning system issued an orange advisory for coastal areas following a series of earthquakes in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Sicily.
- At least 12 quakes struck the Tyrrhenian Sea on Friday, including a magnitude 5.7 tremor and a magnitude 4.9 quake earlier that morning, according to the USGS and National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
- The epicenters of the two strongest quakes were about 5 miles apart and about 6 miles below the surface, located about 33 miles north of Leni and less than 60 miles from Palermo.
- Schools in Palermo and Messina were evacuated as a precaution, while Salvo Cocina, head of the Sicilian Civil Protection, ordered an immediate state of alert for affected municipalities.
- Officials reported no injuries or structural damage as of Friday, though the advisory remains active with authorities urging residents to stay out of the water and avoid boating.
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At least five earthquakes were recorded near the Italian island of Sicily on Friday afternoon, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 5.5...
More than 30 earthquakes occurred in the morning off the Palermo region, Italy, alerted the local authorities.
A series of earthquakes hit the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. The strongest of them measured 5.5. The earthquake sparked anxiety among Sicilian residents, sending people rushing into the streets, and some schools were evacuated.
A series of 12 major earthquakes close to Sicily led to an orange tsunami warning being issued today - schools in Palermo have been evacuated
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SIC NotíciasThe shocks led many people to flee to the streets. Students of various schools and employees of some public services were removed from the buildings as a precaution.
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