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MOUNT VETTORE, Italy (Reuters) — Italian geologists on Tuesday (August 30) investigated a faultline that has opened up above the area of central Italy hit by an earthquake last week. At least 292 people died in the quake on August 24 which caused massive damage along huge swathes of central Italy. Groups of scientists from the Lazio, Marche and Umbria regions of the country, that were all affected by the magnitude 6.2 quake, are now […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least 18 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, according to local officials. Deaths were reported in three villages in a mountainous area straddling the regions of Lazio and Marche: Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto. At least 10 people died in Pescara, a hamlet that is part of the bigger village of Arquata del Tronto, according to civil protection officers […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least 10 people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, according to officials cited by local media. The national civil protection agency said it could not give an official toll as rescue efforts were still under way. Deaths were reported in three villages in a mountainous area straddling the regions of Lazio and Marche: Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto. “The […]
by Filippo MONTEFORTE ROME, Italy (AFP) — A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, devastating mountain villages and leaving at least five people dead. Numerous buildings collapsed in small communities close to the epicentre of the quake in a remote, thinly-populated area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio. As dawn broke, residents and emergency services were scrambling to rescue people trapped in rubble. Local officials indicated that the […]
