Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Southern Italy
The quake struck nearly 250 kilometers deep, a depth that can spread shaking widely across southern Italy and nearby countries, USGS said.
- On Tuesday, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Italy's Calabria region at 12:12 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey .
- The USGS reported the earthquake occurred at a depth of nearly 250 kilometers , causing weaker surface shaking but felt across a much wider area than shallower quakes.
- Located about 9 kilometers south of Belvedere Marittimo, the epicenter prompted residents in Cittanova to report two distinct shakes and long tremors causing objects to sway.
- Reports submitted to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre indicated shaking reached Messina, Catania, Taranto, Palermo, and Naples, with tremors also felt in Greece, Albania, and Montenegro.
- Deep earthquakes are common beneath Calabria and the Tyrrhenian Sea where the Ionian slab sinks beneath the region, leaving the area exposed to both deep and shallower, damaging quakes.
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A strong earthquake tremor was felt across much of southern Italy shortly after midnight on June 2. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) recorded a magnitude 6.2 earthquake with its epicenter offshore off the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria, near Belmonte Calabro, in the province of Cosenza. The quake struck at a depth of 250 kilometers, foreign media reported, according to Telegrafi. The tremor was felt strongly along the Ty…
Before southern Italy, the earth shakes violently – albeit at a great depth. The fire brigade makes its voice heard after the shock.
It 'was of magnitude 6.2 with epicenter at 250 kilometers of depth and off the Tyrrhenian coast Cosenza the earthquake experienced tonight in most of Calabria, from Cosenza to Reggio Calabria. (ANSA)
A strong earthquake struck southern Italy shortly after midnight on Monday. According to the EMSC system, it had a magnitude of 6.2. The tremor was felt far from the epicenter, the agencies write. However, it is not yet clear whether it caused damage or any casualties.
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