Apprehension in Molise, particularly in the Upper Volturno Valley and throughout the province of Isernia, due to a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, recorded shortly after midnight by Ingv with its epicenter in Pizzone, in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, also felt in Abruzzo, in Lanciano and Chieti, in Campania as far as Caserta, and in Lazio.
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The earthquake frightened the approximately 300 residents of Pizzone, many of whom, also due to aftershocks of magnitude less than 3.0, decided to spend the night in their cars. No injuries, however; only in Cerro al Volturno was the fall of rubble reported in the historic center, as announced by the President of the Molise Region, Francesco Roberti: “The reconnaissance in the epicenter area concluded without highlighting significant critical issues or situations requiring assistance to the population.”
The governor thanked the Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani for the closeness expressed to Molise. “Thanks also go to the Minister for Civil Protection, Nello Musumeci, and the head of the Civil Protection Department, Fabio Ciciliano, who contacted me from the early hours to ascertain the situation and express the full availability of the Government and the Department.” The thoughts of the older residents of Pizzone, recounted the mayor, Vincenzo Di Cristofano, went to the 1984 earthquake that struck the area with its epicenter in nearby San Donato Val di Comino, in the province of Frosinone. “Many families were displaced – the mayor recalled – and a tent city was set up. Many homes were damaged and underwent specific interventions for safety after the earthquake.”
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The Molise Civil Protection has initiated constant monitoring of the area. Anas announced that no damage was detected on the road network and that traffic is regular. Checks were also carried out on the Castel San Vincenzo dam. The inspections found no structural damage. But the earthquake has brought attention back to the “Pizzone II” hydroelectric power plant project proposed by Enel, against which the “No Pizzone II” Coordination was formed. On this occasion, it released a note recalling, among the critical issues, seismic risk, hydrogeological risk, the impact on the Park and the habitat of the Marsican brown bear, possible alterations to lake basins, loss of forested areas, and environmental impacts resulting from construction work.
“Tonight’s tremor confronts us with the fragility and delicacy of this territory. The Coordination renews its request to administrations and competent bodies to evaluate all critical aspects of the project with the utmost rigor and to apply the precautionary principle in protecting an area of extraordinary environmental, landscape, and naturalistic value. For the Coordination, the critical issues already highlighted confirm that the project is not compatible with the characteristics and fragility of the territory that should host it.”
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