Day: January 25, 2012

Today (25.01.2012) at 08:06 UTC (09:06 local time) an earthquake with the size of Mw4.9 did happen in north Italy according to EMSC. This earthquake was not far from the ML4.3 earthquake that did happen in nearby area yesterday (24.01.2012). According to reports this earthquake was clearly felt and some light damage has happened following this earthquake. I am not sure on aftershock activity in this area. But so far the largest aftershock has been with the size ML3.5, it was also felt in nearby towns.

The regional location of the Mw4.9 earthquake according to EMSC. Copyright of this picture belongs to EMSC.

Local view of the area where the Mw4.9 earthquake took place. Copyright of this picture belongs to EMSC.

More aftershocks are possible in this area. The trigger for this earthquake is most likely the earthquake that did happen yesterday and had the size of ML4.3. How that works is unclear. But the area in question was already at breaking point, so it needed little to break and make the earthquake happen. EMSC has put up an special web site with more information about this earthquake. That web site can be viewed here.

If any more large earthquakes happen. I am going to write about it soon as I can.

According to EMSC there has been a ML4.2 earthquake in north Italy at 23:54 UTC on 24.01.2012. This earthquake appears to be located close to populated areas. I do not yet know if there has been any damage due to this earthquake. But if houses in the area are poorly built, there might be some light damage. It is hard to know for sure if this is an pre-earthquake or just one earthquake. There have already been some minor aftershocks already. But so far none of them have been larger then ML2.1.

The regional area where the earthquake took place. Copyright of this picture belongs to EMSC.

Local area where the earthquake took place. Copyright of this picture belongs to EMSC.

I am going to update this blog post if anything more happens in Italy where this earthquake took place.