A new
earthquake
, of magnitude 2.0, with its epicenter always in Impruneta was recorded this morning at 7:49 at a depth of 6 kilometers.
The seismic event adds to what was felt on Thursday night south of Florence, between Impruneta and Mercatale Val di Pesa (a quake of magnitude 3.7) which, this morning, started the inspections of the monumental complex of the
Cathedral of Florence
.
From the data collected, the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore seems not to have reported any damage.
The same goes for the
main museums
including the museums of the Bargello, the Accademia Gallery, the Uffizi, the Regional Directorate of Museums and Civics.
"I must say that the shock was strong. Tonight I heard several times with the commissioner Monia Monni, The problem is that the shock did not cause damage because it was short and essentially in a territory that has already lived for at least 15 days a swarm of settlements. But we have to keep that area under control. "
This was stated by the president of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, on the sidelines of a press conference in Florence.
About seven calls were made to the emergency number of the fire brigade to request
property checks
in the areas between Impruneta and San Casciano where a tremor was recorded yesterday evening at 11:12 pm.
Also checks in
high school
in Florence they excluded consequences for the buildings after the last earthquake, says Massimo Fratini, managing director for the Metropolitan City of Florence for school construction and civil protection.
The reconnaissance of the buildings was carried out in conjunction with the school managers but no critical issues were found.
Unife teacher on earthquakes: we are not yet able to make short-term forecasts
"Where and how much, but not when. The current possibilities of predicting earthquakes could be summarized in this way".
Ten years after the earthquake that hit the Emilian plain, professor Riccardo Caputo of the University of Ferrara, member of the national commission for the prediction and prevention of major risks, takes stock of the seismic risk in Italy and the possibilities for intervention.
"To date it is impossible to predict when exactly the next earthquake will occur in a given place; for civil protection purposes, it would be necessary to have an accuracy of one or two days to allow, for example, to evacuate the local population. in fact, able to make such short-term estimates, but only in the long-term, that is in the order of centuries. Regarding where and how much, on the other hand, "he emphasizes," our scientific knowledge is continually improving and this has allowed us to identify and characterize the main seismogenic sources - large fractures in the earth's crust that generate earthquakes - which are present in the national territory. From this it is therefore possible to define the areas of greatest seismic hazard and,approaching the problem in probabilistic terms, estimate the areas with the greatest probability of occurrence (where) and what may be the maximum magnitude that can occur (how much) ".