After the earthquake of magnitude 4.4 of 14.06 yesterday, with hypocenter in the Ionian Sea about 5 kilometers from Aci Castello, returned to 'tremble' last night eastern Sicily. An event felt in the cities of the Ionian coast linked to a magnitude 5.5 shock recorded in Malta at 00.19. The experts of the seismic room of the INGV of Rome have located the hypocenter in the sea, several kilometers south-east of the Isola dei Cavalieri at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The Department of Civil Protection of the Sicilian Region confirms that the earthquake was felt by the population also in some Sicilian municipalities in the provinces of Ragusa, Syracuse and Catania. But there would be no reports of damage.
On the disposition of the general manager of the region, Salvo Cocina, after the new earthquake, the mayors and civil protection structures were pre-alerted for any interventions and damage verification. As a precautionary measure, coastal areas have been monitored at precautionary cost for an unlikely tsunami. Voluntary organisations should also be alerted.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 off Malta, Sicily still trembles
2023-04-22T05:51:55.011Z
Highlights: Earthquake at 00.19 clearly felt in the cities of the Ionian coast. Experts of the seismic room of the INGV of Rome have located the hypocenter in the sea, several kilometers south-east of the Isola dei Cavalieri at a depth of 10 kilometers. Coastal areas have been monitored at precautionary cost for an unlikely tsunami. Voluntary organisations should also be alerted. But there would be no reports of damage in the region at the time of publication. The earthquake was felt by the population also in some Sicilian municipalities in the provinces of Ragusa, Syracuse and Catania.
Earthquake at 00.19 clearly felt in the cities of the Ionian coast
Source: rainews