Soon after I published the previous post about project timing, Marche got hit hard, first by a major snowstorm and them by a series of fairly strong earthquakes.
Snow fell over a number of days in mid-January, piling up as high as two meters (6.5 ft) in some villages. (Kevin said there was less in our area, but over 4 feet.)
Then, on January 18, there was a series of four earthquakes in the magnitude range 4.1 – 5.7. These quakes follow the even stronger quakes of last October and August. (There have been more than 45,000 aftershocks since August.)
The biggest catastrophe was in the region just south of Marche, Abruzzo, also hit hard by snow, where the Hotel Rigopiano was buried by an avalanche set off by the quakes and 29 of the 40 people inside died.
The impact on our project is only on timing. Very little work has been or will be able to be completed in January. Kevin reports that the contractor, Francisc, has been able to do some work in his shop, assembling some of the steel needed for the support columns.
An Update
I showed a list of Marche earthquakes of magnitude over 5.0 in my post about the October quakes.
Here’s an update to that list:
| Month/Year | Magnitude |
|---|---|
| Oct 2016 | 6.6 |
| Aug 2016 | 6.2 |
| Oct 2016 | 6.1 |
| Sep 1997 | 6.1 |
| Oct 1930 | 5.9 |
| Jan 2017 | 5.7 |
| Jan 2017 | 5.6 |
| Oct 2016 | 5.5 |
| Oct 1943 | 5.5 |
| Oct 1936 | 5.5 |
| May 1987 | 5.1 |
So the top 3 and 6 of the top 8 have been in the last six months.
Sources:
First image: | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/18/italy-hit-four-powerful-earthquakes-four-hours-bringing-terror/
Second image: By TVSEI - CC BY 3.0 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6La91fbpbbg
Map icons: Maps Icons Collection | https://mapicons.mapsmarker.com
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