Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Southern Italy
Authorities reported no injuries or damage after the deep quake, which was felt across a wide area and reached 14.5 million people, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Italy's Calabria region at 12:12 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey .
- The USGS reported the earthquake occurred at a depth of nearly 250 kilometers , causing weaker surface shaking but felt across a much wider area than shallower quakes.
- Located about 9 kilometers south of Belvedere Marittimo, the epicenter prompted residents in Cittanova to report two distinct shakes and long tremors causing objects to sway.
- Reports submitted to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre indicated shaking reached Messina, Catania, Taranto, Palermo, and Naples, with tremors also felt in Greece, Albania, and Montenegro.
- Deep earthquakes are common beneath Calabria and the Tyrrhenian Sea where the Ionian slab sinks beneath the region, leaving the area exposed to both deep and shallower, damaging quakes.
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6.2 earthquake shakes southern Italy overnight
For thousands of people across southern Italy, the first sign that something unusual had happened was not a news alert or a warning from authorities. It was the sound. Shortly after midnight on 2 June, residents in several regions reported hearing a loud rumble and feeling their homes shake. Some were already asleep when the tremor woke them. Others took to social media within minutes… Source
The seismologist Carlo Doglioni, vice president of the Accademia dei Lincei and professor of geodynamics at Sapienza, launches a warning after the shock in Calabria after midnight
A strong earthquake tremor was felt across much of southern Italy shortly after midnight on June 2. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) recorded a magnitude 6.2 earthquake with its epicenter offshore off the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria, near Belmonte Calabro, in the province of Cosenza. The quake struck at a depth of 250 kilometers, foreign media reported, according to Telegrafi. The tremor was felt strongly along the Ty…
Before southern Italy, the earth shakes violently – albeit at a great depth. The fire brigade makes its voice heard after the shock.
The earthquake took place about 20 kilometers from the Italian city of Scarcelli. ...
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