At least eight people were killed Wednesday after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy, according to local news reports.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck central Italy, leaving at least six people dead and others trapped under rubble, Italian officials said.
The quake hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 76 km (47 miles) southeast of the city of Perugia, at the very shallow depth of 10km (six miles), the USGS said.
The Mayor of Amatrice told Italian radio "half the town is gone".
In Rome, some buildings shook for 20 seconds, according to La Repubblica newspaper.
A family of four had been found under rubble in the town of Accumoli, the town's mayor Stefano Petrucci told RAI TV.
Meanwhile police said two people had died in the nearby village of Pescara del Tronto, RAI reported.

There were also reports of serious damage in the town of Amatrice.
"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.
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, 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, who was in the area at the time.

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.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37171953

The video from the incident:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP5GuOnXoj8

Nigeria is blessed After all... may the souls of the dead find peace...

omG!!so sad though... may d souls of d dead rip..amin

we barely face natural disasters as these in Nigeria yet we are useless as a nation..\...our roads and government buildings are dilapidated even without earth quakes...well our leaders are the earth quakes in nigeria....

Izonpikin:
we barely face natural disasters as these in Nigeria yet we are useless as a nation..\...our roads and government buildings are dilapidated even without earth quakes...well our leaders are the earth quakes in nigeria....

Hahahahaahahahaaaaaahhaahaaa....

God saved Tinubu and his family

What a Pity!

What we have in Nigeria is Leadership Disaster

RIP to the dead

This is bad....

Sad...

chinakwe's dog why??

Jesu Kristi

Oh dear, I hope the rescue operation is successful and deaths minimised. Poor people, lives and businesses of some people will be changed forever.

On the other hand, thank goodness my loved ones are far away from there.

Disaster everywhere

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toposi4naija:
The end is near......
Please.....start living your life to please God!......
Nothing will be as bad as spending eternity in an unending lake of fire where gnashing of teeth prevails!....
Give your life to Jesus now!!!!

There surely will be a revolution in heaven by the saints.How do you stomach the thought of you spending eternity in splendour and merrymaking in heaven while your neighbors and friends are gnashing their teeth in hell?

End time things

We are blessed in Nigeria.. the only problem we have is oursleves... #Fact

That's why we should be thankful as Nigerians, we don't experience this natural disasters. The only natural disasters we experience are our leaders....

Imagine urself walking and d ground u re on divides into 2.

slyIsaac:
Nigeria is blessed After all... may the souls of the dead find peace...

I beg to disagree with Nigeria being. Blessed cos we av natural disasters worst dan earthquake... Cos when a man comfortabl steals trillions of naira he has indeed quaked many states at a time and killed hundreds of people

Na wa oo

Another reason to love Africa

We don't experience things like this

For that we should be thankful

Wow! God save us and our loved ones

Hmmm...I remember Pompeii

Still waiting for the End time crew to come and cry Ah! the world is coming to an end at the end of every earthquake. The World should even end abeg, it's not like I'm enjoying life here, na beans I just dey chop since Friday. Rice don cost

Sins of the fathers...

toposi4naija:
The end is near......

Please.....start living your life to please God!......

Nothing will be as bad as spending eternity in an unending lake of fire where gnashing of teeth prevails!....

Give your life to Jesus now!!!!

There is no hell anywhere...Earthquakes are not a new thing.

toposi4naija:
The end is near......
Please.....start living your life to please God!......
Nothing will be as bad as spending eternity in an unending lake of fire where gnashing of teeth prevails!....
Give your life to Jesus now!!!!

Saw this coming.

Vicadonis:
Wow! God save us and our loved ones

are you in Italy

CHRISTIAN: God is angry due to the sin of their fore fathers.
MUSLIM: It happened because allah is angry with them for not wearing hijab.
BUDHIST: it happened because they don't take their yoga serious and lord budha is angry at them.
TECTONIC PLATE: Bleep you all!


RIP to the dead and quick recovery to the injured.

The day natural disaster hits country lik dis even the survivals wud cry q would wish they were the lucky once to die nd leave nija nd her problems bhid