July 22, 2024, 01:54: Earthquake at 2 km N Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE)
Earthquakes with magnitude 2.1 felt at 01:54 on 22 July 2024.
Place: 2 km N Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE).
Terremoto in Liguria. Terremoto in provincia di Genova.
On Monday 22 July 2024 at 01:54 an earthquake of magnitude 2.1 and depth 9.3 km was recorded in 2 km N Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE). Further info on the INGV webpage
by clicking here.
Based on the depth of the hypocenter, earthquakes are
classified into superficial
(hypocenter between 0 e 70 and deep), intermediate (Hypocenter between 70 and 300 km deep) and
deep
(hypocenter between 300 and 720 km deep). The earthquake that occurred at 01:54 on 22 July 2024 with epicenter 2 km N Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE), having a depth of 9.3 km is therefore classified as superficial.
Being of magnitude 2.1, therefore between 2 and 3, this earthquake is classified as "very light". This type of earthquake is not
generally felt, but recorded only by seismographs.
Credits: data from INGV, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ingv.it