In the capital of Italy, Rome, 449 km from the epicenter, the earthquake was felt as a very weak tremor.
An earthquake with a magnitude of around 5.0 struck southern Italy and was felt across a wide area of the country. Reuters reported this on Thursday, August 1.
It is indicated that ground surface vibrations occurred in the Calabria region.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located near the city of Cosenza and occurred at 22.43 Kyiv time, reported the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy (INGV), which assigned the earthquake a magnitude of 5.0. The epicenter is located at a depth of 18 km.
Tremors were also felt in Sicily and Apulia.
As the press service of the Italian fire service said, they have not received any information about damage or requests for help as a result of the earthquake.
In addition, there are no corresponding statements about damage or casualties from the Italian Civil Protection Agency.
We remind you that on August 1, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred in Romania.
On July 22, an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred in eastern Georgia. The tremors were felt in the border regions of Azerbaijan.
It was also reported that an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 occurred on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on July 11.
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