An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 was recorded on Wednesday off the coast of the Italian region of Marche, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy said, Report informs via TASS.
The epicenter of the tremors was 39 km from the coast. According to seismologists, the source lay at a depth of 2 km. Emergency services received calls from schools and medical facilities in Ancona, but initial checks revealed no damage.
The last earthquake in Italy occurred at the end of August 2016 near the city of Amatrice, on the border between the regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche and Umbria. Then 299 people died.
Italian experts, commenting on the recent earthquake in Morocco, agreed that it did not affect the seismic situation in Italy.