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According to a New York Times story, earthquakes, including one estimated at 6.2 magnitude, have struck the towns of Amatrice and Accumoli in Italy's Rieti province and Pescara del Tronto in Ascoli Piceno province. In the latter town, two people were killed. The mayor of Accumoli Amatrice declared that "half the town no longer exists." The towns lie about 100 miles (160 km) from Rome.
takyon: BBC. USGS: M6.2 and M5.5.
Update: Death toll revised up to 120.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Bot on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:26AM
I felt one of the shock waves clearly (I am near Venice, in a 5 story building), because it lasted for several seconds. Did not give it much attention (wrong, I should have at the very minimum worn something to resist outside and unlocked the door) because there had been some local quake recently, so I thought it was a small thing here.
We have decent structures for helping quake victims, in fact they are so good that immigrants tried to pass for quake victims so they could have hi-end camping accommodation and free meals. The problem is that in some cases (L'Aquila) there seems not to be much political desire for restoring.
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(Score: 2) by r1348 on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:38AM
Did not feel anything here in Milan, but again I live on the first floor and I was sleeping...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:26PM
North East of Rome here, 9th floor of a 14 high building. Of the two main shocks we could experience from here the 3:36 one woke me up and the other one, about one hour later, although of lighter intensity was still bad enough to make furniture squeak.
My best wishes and condolences to the poor souls who were hit by such a tragedy.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday August 24 2016, @02:42PM
It's OK, as long as you're not a member of the Commissione Nazionale dei Grandi Rischi you should be perfectly safe.