New 7.1-magnitude quake hits Central Italy, destroys buildings - VIDEO

  30 October 2016    Read: 1518
New 7.1-magnitude quake hits Central Italy, destroys buildings - VIDEO
A new earthquake has shaken central Italy on Sunday, bringing down buildings.
The tremor was so long and powerful that Rome residents were woken up by the shaking of their houses` walls, a RIA Novosti reporter said. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) the magnitude of the earthquake registered at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) was 6.5.



​On Wednesday, two other earthquakes of magnitudes of 6.3 and 5.4 hit the region of Marche. Another tremor was felt in the late hours of the day.

On August 24, an earthquake hit Italy resulting in the deaths of almost 300 people.

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