A new earthquake of magnitude 3.4
, always with its epicenter in Impruneta, was felt at 22.14 in Florence and in the province.
The Civil Protection of the Metropolitan City of Florence is monitoring the situation.
The quake with a magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale was recorded 4 kilometers south of Impruneta (FI) at a depth of 9000 meters.
The earthquake, according to what was communicated by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology which recorded its magnitude, occurred at 22:14 and was located at the geographical coordinates 43.6552 latitude, 11.2458 longitude.
The previous tremor was felt in Florence at 5.50 pm.
Of magnitude 3.7 according to the Ingv, it had as its epicenter the territory of Impruneta, 4 km southwest of the town and at a depth of 10 km.
The quake was preceded by other minor ones, always with an epicenter in Impruneta of magnitude 1.8 at 5.41 pm and 1.1 at 5.48 pm.
Verifications of any damage by the civil protection are underway in Florence and in the province.
The checks concern the buildings and also the cultural heritage but at the moment no damage has been reported.
"A slight earthquake was recorded in the area of #Firenze ML 3.9. Epicentro Impruneta. At the moment there have been no reports of damage to things or people. For any information, contact @ProtCivileRT".
Thus the mayor of Florence Dario Nardella on twitter.
"I am in contact with the regional operations room to check for any damage to structures and buildings".
The president of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani, wrote this on Telegram after the 3.7 earthquake in Impruneta, near Florence and distinctly felt in the Tuscan capital.
The work of the Regional Council of Tuscany, meeting in the hall, was suspended due to the strong earthquake felt in Florence.
Phone calls are reaching the switchboards of public authorities from citizens asking for information.
There would be no damage to monuments and museums in Florence after the 3.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Impruneta, near the Tuscan capital.
From what we have learned, the Uffizi Galleries, the Accademia Gallery and the Bargello were not evacuated after the quake.
From an initial check, there would be no damage to the dome of the Cathedral and more detailed checks will be carried out tomorrow.
Three other, milder tremors followed one another after that of 3.7 with the epicenter in Impruneta, near Florence, which occurred at 5:50 pm.
The last in order of time occurred at 20.19 with magnitude 1.9, the same intensity of another quake that occurred shortly before, at 19:47.