5.3 Shallow Quake 100 Miles From Rome. Metro Evacuated, Schools Closed.

5km WSW of Amatrice. It appears there were 2 foreshocks 4.7 and 4.5, followed by the 5.6 and a 4.7 aftershock. The depth is 10km and I think that is the actual depth, not just the default. It was felt in the city of Rome, 100 miles away. The metro ans some schools have been evacuated.

USGS

CNN

The metro system and some schools in Italy's capital, Rome, were being evacuated Wednesday following a series of powerful earthquakes that struck the heart of the country.

There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage but firefighters told CNN that heavy snow blocking roads has hampered their initial assessment.

USGS now showing 5 foreshocks between 4.5 and 5.7.

a reply to: reldra

Gosh how much more can that area stand?

Sad news, hope no injuries.

Thanks Reldra for the news.

Morning!

a reply to: reldra

I'm surprised you didn't blame Trump for that.

Seriously, thanks for the thread.

a reply to: TNMockingbird

Morning, TN. I know, they just keep getting hit. I hope there won't be injuries.

More news.

www.cnn.com...

USGS is not showing any activity today, but there is still alot of movement.

www.emsc-csem.org...

a reply to: reldra

These could be aftershocks of the quake that struck back in August:

An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016[3] on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST (01:36 UTC).

Although, since the largest of the most recent series is a 5.6, that falls outside the range of aftershock sequence quakes and could be considered a main shock of it's own. It is also possible, that both the 6.2 and the recent 5.6 are foreshocks of a larger quake that is yet to happen. Lets all hope this is not the case.

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