The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) has updated the data relating to the earthquake which occurred at 10.19pm yesterday in Friuli Venezia Giulia: the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.1, with a hypocenter 10 kilometers deep and an epicenter 5 kilometers from the municipalities of Socchieve (Udine) and Tramonti di Sopra (Pordenone).
At least six mild aftershocks followed, the strongest of which was magnitude 2.3 at 10.45pm.
The earthquake was felt throughout the region, from Pordenone to Udine and Trieste. But also in Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige and neighboring Austria and Slovenia. The fire brigade switchboards received dozens and dozens of phone calls. According to the Civil Protection: “The shock was warned by the population but initial checks did not reveal any damage to people or things”.
“We heard a terrible bang and we were so scared”, then “there was no electricity for a few minutes”. Coriglio Zannier, mayor of Socchieve, told Rainews24. In terms of damage, the mayor said, there was “some falling tiles”, but now “we are returning to normality”.
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