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Deadly Earthquake Strikes Central Italy by Ubongusoro(m): 8:43am On Aug 24, 2016 |
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck
central Italy, leaving at least 13 people dead
and others trapped under rubble, Italian
officials said.
"Half the town is gone," said the mayor of
Amatrice, one of the worst areas affected.
A family of four were feared dead in the rubble
of their house in the nearby town of Accumoli.
The quake hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 100km (65
miles) north-east of Rome, at a shallow depth of
10km.
Some buildings in the capital shook for 20
seconds.
Officials warned the number of fatalities was
likely to rise. The head of the civil protection
department compared the earthquake's
intensity to Aquila in April 2009 in which 309
people died.
Collapsed buildings
Some of the worst damage was in the town of
Amatrice, where several people died and rescue
efforts were under way to find survivors.
"The roads in and out of town are cut off. Half
the town is gone. There are people under the
rubble. There's been a landslide and a bridge
might collapse," mayor Sergio Perozzi told RAI
radio.
The main street through the town has been
devastated and emergency workers are trying to
reach six people in a collapsed building.
Meanwhile police said two people had died in
the village of Pescara del Tronto.
Italian authorities warned of the risks of after-
shocks in the area in the coming hours.
Seismologist Andrea Tertulliani said there were
sure to be further, numerous shocks that would
probably diminish in intensity. "But it can't be
ruled out that there could be another shock on
the same scale as the main one," he said.
Italy's Civil Protection agency described the
earthquake as "severe".
"It was so strong. It seemed the bed was walking
across the room by itself with us on it," Lina
Mercantini of Ceselli, Umbria, told Reuters.
Rescue teams are being sent to the worst-hit
areas, the prime minister's office said.
The quake was initially reported as being
magnitude 6.4. It was followed by several
powerful aftershocks, La Repubblica newspaper
reported.
The deputy editor of the British newspaper, The
Times, who was in the area at the time, told the
BBC that the quake lasted about 20 seconds
followed by an aftershock about 20 minutes
later which was easily as strong.
"It was pitch dark, very cold. Nobody in our
group had a clue what to do in an earthquake,"
Emma Tucker said.
The USGS predicted the damage could be
significant, based on data from previous quakes.
It said the quake struck near the Umbrian city
of Norcia, whose picturesque historic centre is a
popular tourist site.
However Norcia Mayor Nicola Alemanno said no
deaths have been reported there.
"The anti-seismic structures of the town have
held," he said. "There is damage to the historic
heritage and buildings, but we do not have any
serious injuries."
In 2009, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the
Aquila region, which was also felt in the Italian
capital, left more than 300 dead. Copyright © 2016 BBC. The BBC is not
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