6.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Italy early
Wednesday, leveling buildings in several towns as residents slept. The mayor of
hard-hit Amatrice said: "The town isn’t here anymore."
The quake struck just after 3:30 a.m. and was felt across a
broad section of central Italy, including the capital Rome where people in
homes in the historic center felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. First
images of damage showed debris in the street and some collapsed buildings in
towns and villages that dot much of the Umbrian countryside, Time reports.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Center put the magnitude
at 6.1. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.2 with the epicenter
at Norcia, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) northwest of Rome, and with a
relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). The hardest-hit towns were
reported as Amatrice, Accumoli and Norcia.
The mayor of Amatrice near Rieti, Sergio Pirozzi, told
state-run RAI radio and Sky TG24 that residents were buried under collapsed
buildings, that the lights had gone out and that heavy equipment was needed to
clear streets covered with debris.
“The town isn’t here anymore,” he said.
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