Normal Quake Hitted Central Italy
September 15, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
ROME: A moderate earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale shook the central Italian region of Tuscany on Monday, prompting scared residents to rush into the streets, geologists and reports said.
The earthquake struck at 22:04 pm (2004 GMT) and its epicenter was around 30 kilometres (20 miles) northeast of Florence, the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology said on its website.
No damage was immediately reported, according to the news agency. But several residents ran out of their homes while others hunkered down in their cars in the cities of Borgo San Lorenzo, Scarperia and Barberino, the report said.
The quake was felt in Florence and Bologna. A devastating earthquake hit Italy’s central region of Abruzzo in April, killing 300 people.
Normal Quake Hitted Central Italy was first posted on September 15, 2009 at 1:44 pm.
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