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4.9 Quake, Italy (25 Jan)
Topic Started: January 25 2012, 04:46 PM (168 Views)
Mark (IWO)
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A moderate earthquake struck northern Italy today.

The 4.9 magnitude trembler struck at around 9:10 am local time and was centred in Reggio Emilia, a city with a population of around 170,000 located some 400 kilometres north of Rome.

The quake was felt Italy's business hub Milan where schools were temporarily evacuated.

Italy is a seismic area, though quakes in Italy's north are relatively rare. A quake in April 2009 levelled swaths of the central Italian city of L'Aquila and surrounding towns, killing more than 300 people. In 1980 more than 2,700 people were killed by a quake with its epicenre 80 kilometres south of Naples. near Naples.

Magnitude - Mw 4.9
Date time - 08:06:37.0 UTC
Location - 44.85 N ; 10.54 E
Depth - 33 km

Distances:
17 km NW Reggio nell'emilia (pop 158,820 ; local time 09:06:37.3 2012-01-25)
10 km S Viadana (pop 17,879 ; local time 09:06:37.3 2012-01-25)
4 km NW Castelnovo di sotto (pop 8,446 ; local time 09:06:37.3 2012-01-25)
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