At 11 this morning, January 23, the number of events in the seismic sequence in Central Italy since last August 24 exceeded 49.000. Compared to the last update of 21 January at 11.00 no events of magnitude greater than or equal to 4.0 were recorded, while there were 7 earthquakes of magnitude between 3 and 4, located by the National Seismic Network of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), mainly in the southern area between the provinces of L'Aquila and Rieti. Over the past two days, more than 400 events of magnitude less than 3 have been recorded per day.
The map of the seismic sequence in Central Italy from 24 August 2016 to 20 January 2017. In the last few days the seismic activity is mainly concentrated in the southern area between the provinces of L'Aquila and Rieti
In the map above the evolution of the sequence from 24 August 2016 to today. Earthquakes of the last 72 hours are highlighted in a color other than blue.
The map of the seismic sequence in Central Italy centered on the area that has been activated in recent days. The 4 stars plus the lowest represent the events of magnitude greater than or equal to 5 that occurred on January 18, 2017
The sequence continues to be very active in the southern part between the provinces of L'Aquila and Rieti. The two largest magnitude events, M 3.5 and M 3.4, have occurred at 11:59 on 21 January and in night between 21 and 22 January (01:39 Italian) both located in the Province of L'Aquila near Cagnano Amiterno, Barete and Pizzoli.