In 2017, Italy had an earthquake every 12 minutes
More than 30 earthquakes in 24 hours. It may seem scary, given the recent news of the tragedy in Indonesia this Sunday (5), but the phenomenon is quite normal in Italy.
Because it is located on the African and Eurasian tectonic plates, which constantly collide, Italy suffers several seismic shocks of weak magnitude every day.
The first plate moves about two centimeters per year towards the north, moving the Apennine mountain range, a kind of backbone that crosses the peninsula.
The strongest shock this Monday (6), of magnitude 2.4, occurred in Morro Reatino, in the province of Lazio, in central Italy. All others were below 2.2, almost imperceptible, according to the website 3b weather, which carries out daily monitoring.
Virtual map illustrates Italy's daily earthquakes. (3bmeteo.com)
In 2017, Italy had an earthquake every 12 minutes. The country recorded 44.459 earthquakes.
The worst earthquake to hit Italy recently happened in Amatrice, in 2016, the 6,2 magnitude shock hit the region and killed 299 people, leaving hundreds injured and 7 billion euros in losses.
The highest intensity recorded in the country occurred at the beginning of the last century, in 1905, according to American monitoring. That's when 557 people died after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit the communes of Monteleone, Tropea and Nonte Poro.
But there were even much more fatal tremors. One of them was registered in Naples, in 1980, with a death toll of 4.689.
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