Massive earthquake strikes central Italy

  • 7 years ago
Another huge earthquake has struck central Italy.

The powerful tremor is reported to have had a magnitude of up to 7.1.





Epicentre





The epicentre is thought to have been around the town of Norcia between Umbria and Marche.

It is thought to have been 1.5 km deep.





Buildings shook





People in the capital, Rome, were reportedly woken by their buildings shaking just after 0730 this morning.

This latest quake comes after the region was rocked by damaging tremors on Wednesday last week and is thought to be centred in the same area.

There is no news yet on casualties or damage caused.





powerful #earthquake (#terremoto) shakes Central Italy 5 min ago. Effects derived from witnesses' reports: pic.twitter.com/UKwvPWYNfH— EMSC (@LastQuake) October 30, 2016






Details are still coming in.

Euronews will briny you more information as soon as it comes in.





Hashtags





#ItalyEarthquake, #Norcia