6.2 Earthquke, 10 KM Depth, Norcia, Italy

USGS

A shallow depth 6.2 earthquake has ocurred near Rome. 10 KM SE of Norcia.

USGS shows 92 responses in 45 cities saying it was felt.


It was preceeded by a 3.9-4.0 5 minutes prior.

a reply to: reldra

oh no hope people are ok! I think you beat the news on this ~ how did you hear? this is concerning -high population :/

a reply to: FamCore

I have a news aggregator.

a reply to: reldra

Oh wow, I'm not up on the earthquake stuff, how devastating is 6.2 what kind of death tolls can we expect? I hope most everyone get through it unharmed. Keep us updated.

a reply to: reldra

like a news aggregator software program? That's cool! I want to know more - i'm not too familiar with these kind of data software programs or how they work


Pic of the map from Google:

a reply to: FamCore

Oh wow it hit Rome? Yeeesh...

www.rainews.it...

Coverage of it from Italy

originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: reldra

Oh wow, I'm not up on the earthquake stuff, how devastating is 6.2 what kind of death tolls can we expect? I hope most everyone get through it unharmed. Keep us updated.

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In a heavy population it can be bad. The shallow depth makes it worse.

originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: FamCore

Oh wow it hit Rome? Yeeesh...

Outside of Rome. The first report made it look closer. I don;t think there will be any damage to rome.

a reply to: FamCore

I think mine is called 'emerging breaking news', it runs on my desktop all the time. I had to tweakm it or I got news that wasn;t very important. It is sometimes slow, sometimes very fast.

originally posted by: dragonlover12
www.rainews.it...

Coverage of it from Italy

Anyone speak Italian? It seems to say another one was 3.9 near Perugia.

Thanks for the info Relda.

a reply to: reldra

links starting to appear in my regular browser: pix11.com...

maybe it's your router that's making it fluctuate in speed. I have a router separate, and a (cable) box that doubles as a modem that's 1 unit, and online everyone says the those modem/box units give you crappy Wifi and internet speed in general fluctuates because of it.

Thanks for the info, I've asked friends on social media if they know of News Aggregators for a Mac so I'm sure I'll get a few hits.

originally posted by: reldra

originally posted by: dragonlover12
www.rainews.it...

Coverage of it from Italy

Anyone speak Italian? It seems to say another one was 3.9 near Perugia.

There was a M 4.6 after-shock near Amatrice at 01:56:02 (UTC).

Source: earthquake.usgs.gov...

Twitter

It seems heavy damage expected at the epicenter. It was felt in Rome, and all over Central Italy.

Megan Williams ‏@MKWilliamsRome 10m10 minutes ago
#earthquake #Tremors in #Italy felt as far afield as #Puglia, #Naples #Emilia, all over central Italy. No reports yet of damage


Jon HaworthVerified account
‏@JonHaworthSky
#BREAKING: No immediate reports of damage in #Italy #earthquake but there are reports people ran into streets in central Umbria & Le Marche.

originally posted by: Ross Cross

originally posted by: reldra

originally posted by: dragonlover12
www.rainews.it...

Coverage of it from Italy

Anyone speak Italian? It seems to say another one was 3.9 near Perugia.

There was a M 4.6 after-shock near Amatrice at 01:56:02 (UTC).

Source: earthquake.usgs.gov...

Well, that is 3. There was a smaller one before the 6.2

eta: There are now 6 on



Wednesday August 24 2016, 02:07:30 UTC 32 minutes ago Central Italy 3.8 10.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail

Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:56:03 UTC 44 minutes ago Central Italy 4.8 10.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:46:12 UTC 53 minutes ago Central Italy 3.7 6.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:41:39 UTC 58 minutes ago Central Italy 3.8 0.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:36:33 UTC 63 minutes ago Central Italy. 6.5 0.0 GeoScience Australia Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:36:32 UTC 63 minutes ago Central Italy 6.1 4.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail

there were also 2 others in Southern Italy and Sicily in the last 3 hours, both shallow deoth.


2 in that list are at ZERO depth, that is not a typo.

a reply to: reldra

www.telegraph.co.uk...

Hearing of damage

originally posted by: Stormdancer777
a reply to: reldra

www.telegraph.co.uk...

Hearing of damage

From Stormdancer's link

It's a tragedy'The mayor of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, has called the quake a "tragedy". Speaking to Radio Rai, he said: "I'm trying to contact the services. The town doesn't exist anymore. The ancient doors have come down. We need help from the civic protection.""There is no light, it's all gone off. It's all rubble, it's a tragedy."

Pics of damage coming in on the Italy TV link I posted earlier

I;m counting 8 now, all being Central Italy.

Wednesday August 24 2016, 02:33:31 UTC 24 minutes ago Central Italy 5.3 10.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 02:32:29 UTC 25 minutes ago Central Italy 5.1 8.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 02:07:30 UTC 50 minutes ago Central Italy 4.0 10.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail

Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:56:03 UTC 61 minutes ago Central Italy 4.8 10.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:46:12 UTC 71 minutes ago Central Italy 3.7 6.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:41:39 UTC 75 minutes ago Central Italy 3.8 0.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:36:33 UTC 80 minutes ago Central Italy. 6.5 0.0 GeoScience Australia Detail
Wednesday August 24 2016, 01:36:32 UTC 81 minutes ago Central Italy 6.1 4.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed Detail

The aftershocks seem to be going up in magnitude. Though this one starts with the 6.1, the USGS had a smaller one 5 min before that.