Yesterday, Italy shook. In a few hours, the entire boot has been struck by six earthquakes from north to south, which do not appear to be connected. However, the number of earthquakes in Italy persists and appears to be growing. Recent research conducted by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology correctly predicted 104,046 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or higher and 396,637 in total for the time period spanning January 1, 1985 to August 31, 2021. Only in 2021, 2,167 earthquakes were recorded. Most of them are nearly imperceptible to the population due to their low intensity. In Italy, however, there were 5,6 earthquakes per day of magnitude 2 or greater in 2020. As mentioned, there are numerous earthquakes in Italy. Thousands. From January 1, 1985 to August 31, 2021, Italy experienced exactly 104,046 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or greater. There are a total of 396,637. In the past 365 days, 2,167 have occurred. In the vast majority of instances, no one has noticed. In fact, their intensity is so low that only seismographs can detect them, still, they were actually present. In Italy, for instance, there were 5,6 magnitude 2+ earthquakes per day in 2020. A terrible year in this sense was 2016. The average number of earthquakes in Italy in 2016 was 987.8 per month, or 32 per day. And, in fact, it is the year of devastating earthquakes in Central Italy, particularly in Norcia, Accumuli, and Amatrice. This quake was also the largest recorded in Italy since the 1980s, with a magnitude of 6.5.
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