Earthquake in Central Italy – latest update
When people went to bed in central Italy on Tuesday night, they never dreamt it would become a nightmare, surrounded by fallen buildings. A devastating Earthquake (“Terremoto”) has hit central Italy. The first quake happened at 3.36am on Wednesday morning (24th August 2016) with a magnitude of six. The epicentre was 1.24 miles (2km) from Accumoli in the Province of Rieti, with tremors even felt in Rome 68 miles (110 kilometres) to the southwest. The hypocentre of the first quake is believed to have been only at a depth of 4km, which caused the quake to be felt all the more, and over a greater
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