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Earthquakes Shake Italian Towns

posted by takyon on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the shook dept.

butthurt writes:

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: 2) by martyb on Wednesday August 24 2016, @12:34PM

    by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 24 2016, @12:34PM (#392545) Journal

    Yes, it was. And... corrected! Thanks for pointing it out!

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by FatPhil on Wednesday August 24 2016, @02:55PM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday August 24 2016, @02:55PM (#392589) Homepage
    It's the gods of ancient borders taking revenge. Those towns should be in Abruzzo, not Lazio (Rieti)! Strangely those gods have a shitty aim, as the (major) quakes themselves struck neither Lazio nor Abruzzo, but hit Umbria instead.

    Beautiful region, lovely countryside, and lovely villages there too (I visited Sulmona only months after the L'Aquila quakes); lets hope the Italian government directs all that lovely EU money that we tax payers contribute in the appropriate direction for short-term aid and eventual restoration work. Shit, I just read what I wrote, and realised how stupid it was.
    ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L%27Aquila_earthquake#Controversy_on_reconstruction_and_criminality )
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