Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Northern Italy struck by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake

The Telegraph.  Found it on Lunatic Outpost.  Excerpts:

Northern Italy has been struck by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, just 10 days after a 6.0 magnitude quake killed seven people and destroyed dozens of castles, churches and other buildings in the same region.




The quake was felt throughout northern and central Italy, including Milan and Florence.


It struck about 25 miles north of Bologna in the Emilia Romagna region, at a depth of six miles.


It is not yet clear if there have been any injuries, but there are reports that buildings have been damaged in towns which were already reeling from the earthquake of May 20.


The epicentre of Tuesday's earthquake was the town of Medolla, near the city of Modena.

Buildings collapsed in Finale Emilia and San Felice sul Panaro, two of the towns which were badly hit by the first quake.

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