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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: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:33AM
OK now this is progress, but what we need to do is make sure these quakes happen far enough apart so they don't show up on anybody's Breaking News cycle. That's step one. The timing of the things. Step two is target selection. The quakes will coincidentally wipe out towns full of poor people. Decimating the population will ensure a large enough stockpile of money for rich people without resorting to socialism. Step three is profit as usual.