Earthquake in italy

[Amalfimamma]

Just had another quake. 6.7 according to first reports. Felt here with the chandeliers dancing and shaking

All the mumsnet terse in italy Ok?

[allegretto]

I would make plans to move from that house as soon as possible

Actually that sounds more flexible than concrete which is a good thing! I don't think there have been any earthquakes actually IN Venice, have there? Do you live in an old palazzo, Rosa? I would love to live in Venice!

[iPost]

allegretto

If it is any consolation If you are in a lower risk zone for quakes, you are in a higher risk zone for something else. We are high risk for floods.

Plus the fog seems determined to kill off as many of us as possible. There are scars on my car door handle. From my nails. As I dug in when the world went white (again) but some fuckers still decided to overtake (at 70kph) a huge line of cars crawling along at 5kph, cos nobody could even see the white lines, let alone where the irrigation ditches were. DH wants earplugs in the car for when the fog descends. To block out my high pitched squeals of Major Distress. I'm not joking. Last year I refused to leave the house for two weeks cos it went all pea soupy and I just could not cope being in it in a car.

There is nowhere perfect, and the really bad disasters are incredibly rare.

Most of the country is orange or higher. But the vast overwhelming majority of the population have never personally been involved in a quake that caused significant damage, or loss of life.

[Bananagio]

I have always been told that one of the things that protect Rome from too much damage is the fact that so much of the ancient city remains beneath the modern one meaning the empty space underneath and the presence of the ancient ruins give it flexibility when it's shaking and a form of cushion. No idea if this is a Roman myth but it has always made me feel a bit better

[allegretto]

iPost - I sympathise. I had never seen fog like that before coming to Italy - and Italians think the UK is foggy!

When we had the earthquake near Bologna a few years back the experts seemed to think that we would get them every 500 years or so - I hope they are right! Everywhere has its risks - personally I could not live anywhere near an active volcano, although plenty of people do!

[Rosa]

YOu are probably right - we get the fog , the damp , the humidity and flooding - only one bout so far this winter . I agree with the fog its scary . NOt a old palazzo I am afraid , but not a modern one either. I love this city out of season I have to say.
Gio - I think you could be right there as it makes sense about the buildings.

[iPost]

And of course, being in Italy the biggest (elevated beyond all sense and reason) risk all of us face ....is being killed in a car.

6.1 Road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year.

Compared to 2.9 in the U.K.

And they call me irrational round here when I whimper when in motion, perched on a set of wheels. Irrational my right arse cheek. A perfectly sane response to being in a car over here is to hyperventilate.

[Amalfimamma]

I'm in a red zone. PIL are in a purple zone. PIL live in Irpinia where in 1980 there was the last big earthquake, 6.5, and almost 5000 deaths. That was in 1980 and there are still displaced families who lost everything .

It's scary for sure but it's life

iPost I hate driving here. I hate crossing the road here and I hate Hill starts here because they come that close to you there is no possibility of going back even 1 mm

[Amalfimamma]

Thank God it seems there are no victims
120 quakes measuring more than 3 on the richter since this morning.

It's going to be a long few weeks.

[CoteDAzur]

Rosa - Sorry, I missed that you live in Venice, which is not an earthquake zone.

However...

"lagoon is more protective in some cases as it allows for some movement"

This is categorically not true. You don't want movement in the ground during a quake. You want "movement" (i.e. flexibility) in the building. That is achieved through the proper amount/diameter of steel in construction.

Sitting on solid rock (as in, mountain) is the safest place for a building to be in an earthquake zone. Land claimed from the sea, alluvial deposits near rivers, and other "soft" ground is the least safe as it's prone to large-scale shifting during a quake.

[MrsGuyOfGisbo]

Hmm - I am just about to buy an apartment in a purple zone... there is an active volcano not far away so I had kind of assumed that would vent any seismic activity

[Amalfimamma]

MrsGuyOfGisbo

The volcano can actually be set off by seismic activity as happened last week with a dormant vulcano which is now active