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Earthquake in Milan: strong commotion just before 5 pm The earthquake was also clearly felt on the lower floors of houses. Lots of phone calls to fire brigade and police switchboards. According to an initial survey by Ingv, the 16.59 earthquake had a magnitude of 3.8 with its epicenter at Trezzano sul Naviglio at a depth of 8 kilometers. Later, the Ingv specified that the earthquake had its epicenter in Pero, also in the interior of Milan, at a depth of 56 kilometers with a magnitude of 3.9.
[STIMA #PROVVISORIA] #earthquake May between 3.8 and 4.3 at 16:59 IT on 12-17-2020, Milan province / area # INGV_25805541 https://t.co/QSEAqdYqHz
– INGVterremoti (@INGVterremoti) December 17, 2020
The first controls
The impact would not cause any particular damage. This was announced after the first controls by the firefighters, committed to verifying the consequences of the shock felt by the population. At the moment, only a few interventions are reported for the release of off-axis exit doors.
The shock, as we seem to understand from the first testimonies, was felt throughout the province of Milan, in the Monza area, and also in the province of Varese. Ingv’s site initially “went down” due to too many access requests. The epicenter of the earthquake is in Trezzano sul Naviglio, a municipality of the metropolitan city eleven kilometers from Milan, in the heart of the Po Valley.
[STIMA #PROVVISORIA] #earthquake May between 3.8 and 4.3 at 16:59 IT on 12-17-2020, Milan province / area # INGV_25805541 https://t.co/QSEAqdYqHz
– INGVterremoti (@INGVterremoti) December 17, 2020
The mayor of Trezzano
“The shock felt very good, felt by many citizens who were in homes and offices, at the moment no damage is reported, but there is still a discussion with local politicians and Civil Protection to get a precise idea of the situation. “. Fabio Bottero, mayor of Trezzano sul Naviglio, the epicenter of a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt around 5:00 pm also in Milan, tells Adnkronos this.« It was as if it were a strong air movement – he says – perceptible for a few seconds. The last earthquake so strong was about 20 years ago. Some say that there were two tremors, at the moment we have not received particular reports, but, I repeat, we are still verifying “.
The precedent of 500 years ago
“The magnitude that is felt today in Milan is comparable to that of the 1500 earthquake recorded in the same area, while the only slightly stronger one was felt in Monza in 1400.” Lucia Luzi, director of the INGVs of the Milan section, explains this to Fanpage about today’s earthquake with its epicenter in Trezzano sul Naviglio, outside Milan, and how more tremors could occur in the next few hours. “They are usually of a number proportional to the magnitude of the principal and can be felt again. For now, however, we do not expect large aftershocks, “he adds. “We have registered an acceleration of about 9 centimeters per second squared which is considered moderate and above all it does not cause damage. Just think that in the earthquake in central Italy there were seven hundred centimeters per second squared ”, he explains.
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