{"id":262216,"date":"2016-10-27T06:26:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T06:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=262216"},"modified":"2016-10-27T06:26:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T06:26:29","slug":"italy-earthquakes-strong-tremors-shake-central-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=262216","title":{"rendered":"Italy earthquakes: Strong tremors shake central region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Two strong earthquakes have hit central Italy, damaging buildings and injuring dozens of people.<\/p>\n<p>A 5.5-magnitude quake struck at 19:10 (17:10 GMT) near Visso in Macerata province, followed two hours later by a 6.1 magnitude tremor in the same area.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency teams have worked through the night. In August an earthquake killed about 300 people south of Visso.<\/p>\n<p>There are few reports of serious injuries but bad weather has been hampering efforts to assess the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Visso is 70km (45 miles) from Amatrice, which was badly damaged in the 6.2 magnitude quake in August.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption body-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/5046\/production\/_92105502_italy_quake_visso_update.png\" alt=\"Map\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15D6A\/production\/_92105498_036076529epa.jpg\" alt=\"People walk past rubble in Villa Sant'Antonio village, near Visso, Marche region, Italy, on 26 October 2016\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/>Older buildings are reported to have collapsed in several villages<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s earthquakes were felt across central Italy, including in the capital, Rome, where buildings shook and doors and windows rattled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tens&#8221; of people were hurt, but only four people suffered serious injuries, Italy&#8217;s civil protection chief Fabrizio Curcio said.<\/p>\n<p>The second earthquake was considerably stronger than the first and numerous smaller aftershocks have occurred. One witness told Italian TV he saw part of a building collapse in front of him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/254E\/production\/_92105590_italy.jpg\" alt=\"rubble from a collapsed building filling a lamp-lit street in Camerino, 26 October 2016\" width=\"640\" height=\"860\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rubble from one of Camerino&#8217;s collapsed buildings filled the street<\/figure>\n<p>The town of Camerino is thought to have been badly damaged, and one resident told the BBC: &#8220;Everyone is leaving Camerino by foot or car to seek safety. Two churches are destroyed and many houses [have] fallen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Campo, near Norcia in the Umbria region, the late 15th century San Salvatore church collapsed. It had been weakened by the earthquake in August.<\/p>\n<p>There are also reports of downed power lines, damage to historic buildings and a landslide on a main road north of Rome.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/107D4\/production\/_92104576_amatriceap.jpg\" alt=\"Rubble as the bell tower of Amatrice stands in the background, in Amatrice, central Italy, a week after a deadly quake, on 1 September 2016\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/>Two months ago Amatrice was devastated by an earthquake<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>The first earthquake, 7km south-west of Visso, was relatively shallow, at a depth of 9km (nearly six miles). The second, at 21:18 local time, was 2km northwest of Visso, at a depth of 10km.<\/p>\n<p>These tremors were linked to the August earthquake, Italian officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aftershocks can last for a long time, sometimes for months,&#8221; AFP news agency quoted Mario Tozzi of Italy&#8217;s National Institute of Geophysics as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two strong earthquakes have hit central Italy, damaging buildings and injuring dozens of people. A 5.5-magnitude quake struck at 19:10 (17:10 GMT) near Visso in Macerata province, followed two hours later by a 6.1 magnitude tremor in the same area. Emergency teams have worked through the night. 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