Earthquake today in Avellino, magnitude 3.5/ INGV latest news, fear in Irpinia: tremor felt by several people
An earthquake was recorded today in the province of Avellino with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale.
Today, an earthquake was reported not far from Avellino by the INGV, the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. The seismic event was moderate but still felt, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, enough to wake several people in the middle of the night.
The Irpinia earthquake was recorded by the "machines" at 2:54 a.m. and affected several towns in the Avellino area, including Bonito, but also Fontanarossa, Mirabella Eclano , and others, crossing into the province of Benevento and reaching Apice. The epicenter was located 3 km from Bonito, while the depth, the so-called hypocenter, was 1.7 km below sea level , neither too shallow nor too deep.
No damage was reported , and although, as mentioned above, there were numerous reports following the quake, no one alerted the authorities, for example, about unsafe cornices, blown roofs, or sinister cracks in walls. In short, it was a seismic event that caused moments of pure fear but fortunately had no tangible consequences for local buildings or roads.
Earthquake strikes today in Avellino, fears persist through the night but no damage is reported.Furthermore, while experiencing a magnitude 3.5 earthquake is undoubtedly not a pleasant experience, according to the Richter classification, it is considered a mild earthquake, without any serious consequences. Furthermore, as specified by the INGV, it was an isolated event, therefore it was not part of a swarm and did not have aftershocks or precursors following or preceding the magnitude 3.5 quake itself. In any case, the Civil Protection Department remained "on high alert" awaiting any further reports, but confirmed that there was no significant damage or critical issues. This was therefore a rude awakening for many residents of Avellino who were startled to their feet shortly before 3:00 a.m., awakened by the shaking in their homes.
From furniture to lamps, everything moved, but fortunately without causing any major problems, such as power, water, or gas outages. Everything was normal, then, but who knows if those who felt the earthquake managed to get back to sleep or just had a sleepless night . After all, Irpinia is a region particularly closely monitored by seismographs, being one of the most active regions in Italy for earthquakes.
Many of our readers, for example, experienced firsthand the devastating earthquake of 1980 , on November 23, 45 years ago, when as many as 2,700 people died due to an area that was unprepared for a tremor and, above all, a relief effort that struggled to respond. That earthquake is considered something of a watershed moment in our nation's history, given that it was precisely in the aftermath of that painful event that the decision was made to create the Civil Protection Corps, a team capable of responding quickly in such situations.
Today is a particularly intense day for earthquakes, as one measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale was recorded last night in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting a series of tsunami warnings affecting Hawaii, Japan, and the United States, though it did not cause significant damage. Last night's event is the sixth strongest ever , but having struck an area with a very low population density, it limited the damage: no casualties have been reported so far; we'll see how the situation unfolds.
İl sussidiario
