A series of earthquakes is affecting Sicily. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake was located off the coast of Palermo, not far from the Aeolian Islands, at 11.51am. Shortly afterwards, another of magnitude 3.6 followed and subsequently, again in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea and at 12.19 the most intense earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred.
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The earthquake, recorded by INGV seismographs north of Alicudi and Filicudi at a depth of only 9 km, was felt in much of Sicily, in particular in the Aeolian Islands, in the Palermo area, but also as far as Catania and Gela.
Numerous reports on social media, while some schools were evacuated; in many houses doors shook and chandeliers began to swing. But at the moment there is no news of damage to property or any injuries.
