Italy prompts the tsunami alert for just a few hours on its coasts after the earthquake in Turkey

The highly effective 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Turkey this morning has been felt in 14 different nations. In Italy, the tsunami alert was activated and Civil Protection requested the coastal inhabitants of the Adriatic and Ionian to take refuge inland.

Shortly after, the authorities have decreased the probabilities of a tsunami, though they do preserve the alert in a number of areas of the nation: Sicily, Calabria, Puglia, Marche and Abruzzo the place they watch that the waves don’t exceed between 15 and 20 centimeters.