After the 4.9 magnitude earthquake recorded on September 18 in the province of Florence, it is the seismic swarm between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna continued throughout the night. Last night the strongest shock, of magnitude 3.0, was recorded by the INGV at 5.40 am, 5 km away in Marradi at a depth of 8 kilometres. As a precaution, in many municipalities in the area schools were closed again today, awaiting the conclusion of the surveys on public and private structures. In particular in Mugello, schools today remain closed in the municipalities of Palazzuolo sul Senio and Marradi, while they are open in the other municipalities of the Florentine metropolitan area.
“Some people slept in the space set up in the gym, others outside the house. The checks on the buildings and our support from the entire regional Civil Protection system continue”, wrote the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, on his Telegram profile.
The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, regarding the situation in Mugello, informs for his part that “with the Civil Protection we are all examining the case. The Tuscany Region, the Metropolitan City of Florence and the Municipalities are working so that we can have a clear picture damage has been defined which, however, fortunately is not particularly significant except in the areas closest to the epicentre, that of the municipality of Marradi. Today I will have another round of talks with the mayors of Mugello to have a definitive state of the art”.
