IN PICTURES: Chaos and collapsed buildings as Italy hit by another quake

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IN PICTURES: Chaos and collapsed buildings as Italy hit by another quake
The Local
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27 October 2016
09:05 CEST+02:00
 
IN PICTURES: Chaos and collapsed buildings as Italy hit by another quake
Visso, central Italy. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP
Two strong earthquakes caused major damage on Wednesday night in an area of central Italy still recovering from a deadly quake in August.

No casualties have yet been reported from the collapses, though one man reportedly died of a heart attack during the quake and dozens of others have been treated for minor injuries and shock.

The fact that many residents left their homes following the first tremor likely saved lives from the second, stronger quake.

https://www.thelocal.it/20161027/in-pictures-chaos-and-collapsed-buildings-as-italy-hit-by-another-quake

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Another earthquake today:

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck central and southern Italy Sunday at 7:40 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey.

Twenty people were injured, some seriously, said Fabrizio Curcio, the head of Italy's civil protection agency. There were no fatalities.

He said more than 100,000 are unable to go back home.

The first report of injured on Sunday came a couple hours after the quake struck, when EMS officials in the town of Norcia tweeted that six wounded individuals had been recovered from the rubble.

Sunday's earthquake is believed to be the strongest to strike the country since 1980, when a 6.9-magnitude that year killed some 3,000 people. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 24 quake killed nearly 300 people.

Curcio said buildings were damaged, roads were blocked or damaged, electrical services were down and water services was affected in some areas. Six reconnaissance airplanes were scouring the region and search and rescue teams had been deployed, he said.  ...

More at ABC News via Yahoo.

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