FLORENCE, ITALY – Three strong earthquakes rocked central Italy on Wednesday January 18, 2017, while the area is covered with a thick blanket of snow.
Three livestock farmers have been reported missing, thousands of people can’t escape from the areas because of the snow. Another 12 farmers who had been reported missing have been tracked down.
The first quake (magnitude 5.3 ) took place at around 10,25 and rocked Lazio, including Rome, Abruzzo and Marche. Another strong earthquake (magnitude 5.4) took place at 11,14 and another still at 11,26 (magnitude 5,3), according to initial estimates by the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV). The epicentres of those quakes were in the province of L’Aquila, in Abruzzo.
The tremors were felt as far away as Tuscany, Emilia, Romagna in the north and Puglia in the south. Parts of some structures collapsed, including the bell town of the Sant’Agostino church in Amatrice, the town worst-hit by the August quake.
Some Rome metro stations were evacuated as a precautionary measure and services suspended, although trains have started running again on the A line. Several schools in many areas were closed too.
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