Numerous earthquakes have been recorded in Tuscany in the last few hours. In the list of the latest seismic events constantly updated by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, we can notice well 20 tremors all in Barberino di Mugelloin the province of Florencetoday Friday 26 April 2024.
Twenty earthquake shocks in Mugello
Seismic swarm recorded today Friday 26 April 2024 in the area of Mugello in the province of Florence. They were good 20 tremors were recorded within two hours with the epicenter always in Barberino di Mugello. At 2.12pm there was the first very weak tremor 0.1 of magnitudewith the last one recorded at 4.11pm with magnitude 1.3.
Among the numerous tremors – all with an epicenter 3-4 km north or north-east of Barberino di Mugello with a depth between 8 and 10 km – the three strongest are worth mentioning, namely that of 2.59pm Of magnitude 1.7that of 3.06pm Of magnitude 1.5 and that of 3.23pm Of magnitude 1.9. The others all hovered around the value 1 Of magnitude of the Richter scale.
Other shocks in Tuscany
Staying in Tuscanybut moving around the province, they are two more tremors were felt in the last 24 hours in our region. The first at dawn today Friday 26 April 2024, 1km east of Montieriin the province of Grosseto. An earthquake was recorded at 5.38am 1.9 Of magnitude at 8.4km depth.
The other one was recorded in the locality Granaglionewith epicenter 3km west of Sambuca Pistoia in the province of Pistoia. Magnitude Of 1.0 at 9.4km depth for the quake at 9.52am this morning.
The perceptibility
All three shocks remained below the warning threshold, i.e. 2.5 Richter magnitude.
To give you an idea of the effects that an earthquake can cause depending on its intensity,
HERE IS THE TABLE: Earthquakes: the comparison table between the Richter and Mercalli scales, the difference between magnitude and intensity
