Emilia. 9:00 am. A second earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, struck just 7 or 8 km deep in the Modena area, striking workers at work. Several industrial warehouses collapsed. In two weeks of tremors, 17 people died and 350 were injured. Structural damage is estimated at approximately €4 billion, in an area that produces a significant portion of the national GDP and is a world leader in the biomedical, agricultural, and dairy sectors. This latest tremor was felt strongly from Milan to Florence and Austria. Further tremors, including one measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale at 12:56 PM and another measuring 5.2 at 1:00 PM, continued throughout the day.
