After the 4.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 14.06 yesterday, with its hypocenter in the Ionian sea about 5 kilometers from Aci Castello, eastern Sicily is shaking again.
During the night a magnitude 5.5 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Malta, felt in the cities of the Ionian coast.
Experts from Ingv of Rome have located the hypocenter in the sea, several kilometers south-east of the Isola dei Cavalieri at a depth of 10 kilometers. The Civil Protection Department of the Sicilian Region confirms that the earthquake was also felt by the population in some Sicilian municipalities in the provinces of Ragusa, Syracuse and Catania. But there were no reports of damage.
As a precautionary measure, the coastal areas have been placed under observation at a precautionary cost due to an unlikely tsunami. Also alert voluntary organizations.
(Unioneonline/ss)
