Rome, April 22 – Un earthquake from magnitude 6 rocked the southern region of Bosnia-Herzegovina at 23.07 from today, Friday 22 April. According to preliminary estimates by theEuropean-Mediterranean Seismological Centrethe epicenter was recorded at 10 kilometers depth. The tremors were also felt in Italy. Fear in the Marchedevastated by a earthquake in 2016.
The epicenter
The quake, reported on social media, was recorded by all the detection centers, including the ESMC, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center. The earthquake was located at 60 kilometers south of Mostar, informs Engv.
The earthquake, according to the Emsc, was warned for over 400 kilometers, also in Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia and Slovenia.
The damages
Slight material damage have been reported to Mostarwhere they collapsed some chimneys, causing adjacent streets to be blocked. TO Chairthe nearby town where the epicenter of the earthquake was recorded, a boulder hit a residential building, and there would be gods wounded.
Where was warned
The strong shock was also distinctly felt a Sarajevo, and Tuzla and in Montenegro, in particular in the capital Podgorica and Niksic, the second largest city in the country, but also in the coastal resorts of Bar, Cattaro, Hercel Novi. Montenegrins remember the dramatic consequences of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake from 1979which provoked one hundred of dead.
Previous
Ingv recalls: “In the past, the same region” of Bosnia “was hit by other events of significant magnitude. September 5, 1996 from magnitude Mw 5.8 about 15 km southwest of today’s epicenter and that of February 14, 1927 of magnitude Mw 6.0 about 15 km north “.
The map in Italy
Resentment in Italy, explains the Ingv, was widespread, “all along the Adriatic coast from Veneto at the lower Puglia. The tremors were also felt in large cities, a Roma but above all a Napoli. Resentments assessable up to fifth grade of the Mercalli scale “.
“The intensities – clarifies the national institute of geophysics and volcanology – are determined by considering all of them the reports received from each Municipality, and the greater the number of questionnaires they are all the more reliable “.
The earthquake was felt also in Trieste and for about fifteen seconds, especially on the upper floors. There is no damage but some citizens have phoned the emergency services switchboards, worried, to report and to get information.
The Phlegraean area
Strong concern also in Phlegraean areawho has been struggling with one for over a year seismic swarm related to bradism: the population of Pozzuoli and neighboring municipalities stormed the websites of the Ingv and the Vesuvian Observatory. In Campania, for now, no damage to property or people has been reported.
Firefighters: “No damage”
“#Earthquake recorded at 11:07 pm on the Bosnian Coast ML 6.0. Event felt throughout Central-Southern Italy. Numerous requests for information reached the operating rooms of the #vigilidelfuoco. At the moment no damage was reported”. This is what the firefighters write on Twitter.