There was an earthquake every 12
minutes in Italy last year, the National Institute of Geophysics
and Volcanology (INGV) said Monday. The total of tremors was
44,459, around triple the 2015 tally of 15,000, it said. In 2014
there were 24,300, while in 2016 they rose to 53,000 due to a
strong seismic sequence that produces three major quakes in
central Italy. Of the quakes in 2017, five were of a magnitude
equal to or over five, 21 of magnitude 4-4.9 and 370 of
magnitude 3-4.
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