Disaster Report: M 4.7 moderate earthquake shakes Sicily, Italy at 08:26 local time. The quake's epicenter was just 12 km NNW of Palermo.
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Original Post: Natural Disasters List April 13, 2012
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Update 10:12 UTC
Another M 3.1 weak shallow earthquake in Sicily, Italy (@ 10 km depth) with epicenter located just 7 km NW Isola delle femmine. Palermo is 20 km far from epicenter.
Update
USGS mentions the epicenter location as 8 km (4mi) ENE from Isola delle Femmine and 10 km (6mi) NE from Capaci
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Geldenhuys Andi from Palermo, Italy writes, "I woke up from bed by everything shaking. No idea what is going on, since we are from south Africa where there are no earthquakes."
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People of Monreale and Palermo reported it to be felt well.
The Mediterranean region is seismically active due to the northward convergence (4-10 mm/yr) of the African plate with respect to the Eurasian plate along a complex plate boundary.
An earthquake of approximately M 8.0 near Sicily in 1693 generated a large tsunami wave that destroyed numerous towns along Sicily's east coast.
Update
Another M 2.4 weak shallow earthquake in Sicily, Italy after 20 minutes with epicenter located 18 km NW Palermo.
M 4.7 moderate earthquake shakes Sicily, Italy today at local time 08:26 am. According to preliminary report by USGS, earthquake's epicenter was located 12 km (7 miles) NNW of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo.
No damage or injury reported.
EMSC Felt Reports Click if you felt too
Palermo (Italy): è sempre una brutta esperienza essere svegliati da un terremoto
Trapani (Italy): Dormivo. Mi sono svegliata per il rumore dei ninnoli del lampadario che sbattevano tra loro e perché tremav il letto sotto di me
Preliminary Epicenter location
12 km (7 miles) NNW of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
104 km (64 miles) NNW of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
174 km (108 miles) WNW of Catania, Sicily, Italy
279 km (173 miles) NNW of VALLETTA, Malta
I'm an Englishman living in Palermo. We all felt this one this morning. My girlfriend and I were woken up when the bed was shaking back and forth, we both immediately woke up in fear, looked at each other with wide open eyes and said " earthquake ", we jumped out of bed in a flash, it certainly put a literal spring in our step to start the day.
ردحذفI'm an Irishman in Isola Delle Femmine - same thing for me this morning, I thought the bloody roof had blown off the flat! The only casualty was the poor clock. Scary stuff!
ردحذفI'm from Palermo and i felt it really well. My computer was about to fall from my desk (and it's a huge computer!) Several objects fell on me and on my roommate off the shelves upon our beds (different bedrooms). I jumped out of bed too quickly and tried to scream "TERREMOTO!" (earthquake) to alert my mother and my roommate, but barely a whisper came out of my mouth for i was terrified and i almost fainted while trying to reach their bedrooms. I sit on the floor in between a door and waited. 2 more shakes happened after that, one was M 2.4, the second was M 3.1, both were scary ass well, but less strong. I fear there could be more.
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