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4.7 Magnitude quake hits temblor prone central Italy

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The mayor of the town of Muccia in Macerata province, Mario Baroni, where the quake was centred, told Sky News24 that the temblor had caused the partial collapse of a 17th century bell tower that had been damaged in 2016. He said the main concern was to ascertain any damage to homes that had remained inhabitable after the 2016 quakes. (Photo By: By TUBS - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0))

The mayor of the town of Muccia in Macerata province, Mario Baroni, where the quake was centred, told Sky News24 that the temblor had caused the partial collapse of a 17th century bell tower that had been damaged in 2016. He said the main concern was to ascertain any damage to homes that had remained inhabitable after the 2016 quakes. (Photo By TUBS – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0))

MILAN – A 4.7-magnitude quake shook residents and structures early Tuesday in a region of central Italy that had been struck by a series of powerful quakes in 2016. No deaths or injuries have been reported.

Mayors in towns affected are reporting some damage from the temblor, which struck just before dawn, and said that checks were under way. Schools in some towns have been closed for the day, while a local train line was reopened after being closed temporarily.

The quake struck near the town of Macerata in the Marche region, which is still recovering from powerful quakes in October 2016 that caused widespread damage but no deaths, and was felt in the neighbouring regions of Umbria and Lazio. The October 2016 quakes, including one registering 6.1 in magnitude, came two months after a deadly quake killed some 300 to the south in Amatrice, meaning many vulnerable structures in the mountainous, quake-prone had been rendered uninhabitable. That was cited by civil protection officials as a key reason that the most powerful quake in nearly 40 years didn’t cause a loss of life.

The mayor of the town of Muccia in Macerata province, Mario Baroni, where the quake was centred, told Sky News24 that the temblor had caused the partial collapse of a 17th century bell tower that had been damaged in 2016. He said the main concern was to ascertain any damage to homes that had remained inhabitable after the 2016 quakes.

“We have few remaining inhabitable homes, and if they are damaged we will have even more people displaced by earthquakes,” he said. Just 120 residences in Muccia have remained inhabitable after the 2016 quakes, and that more than half of the town’s 920 residents continue to live in emergency housing, according to the news agency ANSA.

Baroni said that the Tuesday temblor was the strongest since October 2016 even if the area remains seismically active with frequent smaller quakes, including one in January.

“In the end, people are beginning to live with quakes. But the uncertainty is creating a sense of anxiety and worry,” Baroli said.

The mayor in nearby Pieve Torina, Alessandro Gentilucci, told RAI News24 that authorities were checking structures. ANSA reported that four families were evacuated from their homes in the town.

 

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