The earthquake in Milan was the strongest in the last 500 years. This was stated by the head of the Milan branch of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy Lucia Ludzi, her words are quoted by Corriere della Sera newspaper .
The epicenter of the earthquake lay at a depth of 56 kilometers and was located only six kilometers from the city. The strength of the shocks was 3.9 on the Richter scale. There were no casualties or damage from the earthquake.
According to Ludzi, strong earthquakes in the vicinity of Milan are very rare. “If we look at the history of earthquakes in this region, then shocks identical to what we saw this time were recorded only 500 years ago. At that time the epicenter was in Milan, and the magnitude reached 3.7 points. Larger earthquakes have occurred in neighboring areas, for example, in Monza in 1396. Then the magnitude reached approximately 5. Another strong earthquake occurred on the border with Piedmont in 1918, the strength of the tremors was 4.6 then, “she explained.
In November, a catastrophic earthquake occurred near the coast of Turkey. Dozens of houses were destroyed, more than a hundred people died.