Its magnitude was 3.6 points. As a result of the natural disaster, according to preliminary data, two people died. 25 people are injured, two of them are in serious condition.
Another ten people were missing. According to local media, referring to the data of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy, the first tremors were felt about ten o'clock in the evening.
The epicenter of the earthquake was near the west coast of the island in the sea at a depth of about ten kilometers.
The greatest damage was recorded in the resort towns of Casamicciola Terme and Lacco Ameno on the northern coast of the island.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, at the end of August 2016 in Italy there was a powerful earthquake in 6.2 points that killed 297 people. The authorities estimated the damage from the incident of four billion euros.