(ANSA) - COSENZA, 01 NOV - An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was recorded in the area of the northwestern Calabrian coast, in the province of Cosenza.
This was announced by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
The quake was recorded at 22.42.
The epicenter, according to the Institute's website, was located in the sea, off the coast of Scalea, at a depth of 286 kilometers.
Fear and people on the street for fear of replicas but no damage to people or things, as it was possible to detect at the time.
The shock at sea occurred in the stretch of sea between the centers of San Nicola Arcella and Praia a Mare.
Despite the considerable depth in which it occurred, the quake was felt by the population.
There was no panic, also because the perception of the earthquake on the mainland was minimal, but some people took to the streets.
The earthquake was felt not only in many centers of the Tyrrhenian coast of Cosenza, along the whole Tyrrhenian belt and in some towns in the hinterland.
The carabinieri of the Compagnia di Scalea and the Provincial Command of Cosenza immediately took action to ascertain possible damage to people or things, but, at the moment, according to what has been learned, nothing relevant has been recorded.
"Fortunately - reports a press release from the Regional Civil Protection of Calabria - the earthquake occurred at a very high depth. This meant that the effects on the surface were very attenuated, even if the field of resentment was very vast. reports of damage. The Regional Operations Room, however, continues to monitor the situation ".
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