Ferrara (Italy) earthquake July 17 : minor damage reported

Last update: July 18, 2011 at 2:52 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake Overview : At 20:30 Italian time, a moderate shallow earthquake shook fiercely the Ferrara area, sending people out of their houses in fear of aftershocks.  The very populated area had a fresh memory of the destructive l’Aquila earthquake where on April 6  2009; 308 people were killed. @ Earthquake-Report.com we are always alerted if a magnitude 5 earthquake hits a Mediterranean country, including Italy.  
To read the full story as it happened, we advise our readers to start at the bottom of the page (earthquake data).

Intensity Map courtesy INGV

UPDATE : In Poggio Rusco, the bell tower of the church was damaged. Other reports talk of some collapsed chimneys.
The railway line from Venice to Emilia Romagna was stopped for about 2 hours to allow Railway personnel to inspect the lines. No damage was found.

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