On August 24, 2016, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake, located between the towns of Amatrice, Pescara del Tronto, Arquata del Tronto and Accumoli, struck Central Italy, starting a long and complicated seismic sequence [GdL INGV sul terremoto di Amatrice, 2016]. Following the agreement signed by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and the Department of Civil Protection (in Italian Dipartimento di Protezione Civile - DPC from here on), and the actions defined in the draft protocol that the INGV is codifying to manage seismic emergencies, the Crisis Unit and the Emergency Operating teams SISMIKO, QUEST, EMERGEO, EMERSITO and IES have been immediately activated [Pondrelli et al., 2016]. The seriousness of the consequences of the event was immediately clear. A few hours after...