A earthquake of magnitude 3.1 it occurred in the Barberino di Mugello area, in the province of Florence. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reports this. The hypocenter was located at approx 10 km deep.
Mild seismic tremors had already been recorded in the area for a few hours, the strongest having struck magnitude 3.1 and occurred at 00.58.
There was no damage to people or things
Over 150 tremors
After the strongest shock, a long seismic swarm with over 150 shocks recorded by the Ingv. The latest of magnitude 0.7 occurred at 4.10.54pm on Saturday 27 April.
«It was a long night for the citizens of the Barberino di Mugello and Val di Bisenzio area – he wrote on social media, around 10 am, the president of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani -. So much fear due to the seismic swarm with over 120 tremors, the highest having a magnitude of 3.1 Ml, and the memory of the terrible earthquake of 2019 is still alive». «However, no damage or critical issues were reported from the checks carried out. We continue monitoring with the Civil Protection system and I thank all the people who offered assistance during the night”, concluded the governor.
