Image of the city of Siena, in Italy.
Siena (Italy) has ordered the closure of all its schools, universities and museums after more than 40 earthquakes have been registered during the early morning and morning of this Thursday, the most intense in 3.5 degrees leaving no damage.
For now there have been no casualties or damages, since the tremors were of low intensity, indicated the local authorities, although they were enough to scare many citizens who took to the streets after the first tremor was registered around 22:00 (21:00 GMT).
The first earthquake was followed by dozens of low-intensity aftershocks that lasted this Thursday morning.
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“Since the strongest magnitude 3.5, there have been nearly 40 overnight. Technicians are checking the buildings“, has indicated the governor of the Tuscany region, Eugenio Giani.
Zone of frequent earthquakes
The Italian Peninsula is located in a seismic zone with frequent earthquakes -such as the Amatrice earthquake in 2016, with 300 deaths- and has several volcanoes, including Etna, the most active in Europe, which increase the risk of geological disasters throughout of all country.
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