Milan earthquake of magnitude 3.9: “It is the most powerful earthquake in the area in the last 500 years.” Epicenter in Trezzano sul Naviglio

It was there earthquake more powerful than the last 500 years with epicenter at Milanese the one that today, at 4:59 p.m., made us tremble Trezzano sul Naviglio. An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 which fortunately did not cause damage to people or things. It was about providing information on historical precedents in the area of ​​the Lombard capital Lucia Luzi, head of the Milan section ofNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Ingv). Milan “is an area that historically has never had a great seismicity – explained the expert – Looking at the historical catalog of earthquakes, we have to go back 500 years to find a ‘twin’ shock to the current one, with an epicenter in Milan and magnitude 3.7. Other major historical earthquakes have occurred in neighboring areas, such as a Monza in 1396, with an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of around 5, and then a tremor on the border with Piedmont in 1918, with a magnitude of 4.6 ″.

The shock was warned clearly in the Lombard capital ai lower floors houses. According to estimates ofIngv, l ‘epicenter It is located one kilometer from the city of Trezzano sul Naviglio. The city is in the province of Milan and the earthquake occurred in 8 kilometers deep, but without causing to damage details, according to the first investigations of the Firefighters committed to verifying the consequences of the crash. At the moment only a few are reported interventions for it to unlock of door off-axis outputs.

“The shock felt very good, many citizens who were in homes and offices felt it,” said the mayor of Trezzano sul Naviglio, Fabio Bottero. At the moment no damage is reported, but the municipal administration is making a comparison with Local police and the Civil protection to get an accurate picture of the situation. “There are those who say that there were two tremors, at the moment we have not received particular reports, but, I repeat, we are still Verification“, He concluded.