Hmmm, not sure wether you read the news, but yesterday, may 11th, an 5.5 earthquake struck Spain (not so far from italy) and killed 10 people.
That it is not to say that I beleive in this crap, but it is odd, since earthquakes on this order of magnitude are not that common in europe.
BTW, Last two weeks I was on holiday in Turkey and for the first time in my life experienced a little earthquake. I could feel it clearly and some reported that the glasses fell of the table.