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TEXT 6 DEADLY NORTHERN ITALY EARTHQUAKE HITS HERITAGE SITES 20 May 2012 An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least seven people and caused serious damage to buildings in several towns, local officials say. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck in the middle of the night, about 35 km (22 miles) north of the city of Bologna. The tremor caused “significant damage to the cultural heritage” of Emilia Romagna region, the government said. Later on Sunday, a magnitude-5.1 aftershock hit the region, causing more buildings to collapse. The aftershock destroyed a clock tower and made a firefighter fall from a wall in the town of Finale Emilia, near the epicentre of the first tremor. At the scene In one square, an old clock tower stood half-destroyed by the quake. A small crowd had gathered and was looking on at the ruin. Just as we joined them, another aftershock struck. In front of us, what remained of the tower collapsed, tumbling down in a shower of bricks and timbers and sending a great cloud of dust rolling across the square. With the situation still so unstable, many people were choosing to stay out in the relatively safety of the streets, not wanting to be trapped inside if there are going to be more tremors. And there's particular concern about many of the older, weaker, historic buildings. A large number of them show signs of damage, and nobody knows quite how vulnerable they may be to more shocks. Sunday's quake was the worst to hit the country since the L'Aquila tremor killed nearly 300 people in central Italy in 2009. “Big bang” The earthquake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10km just after 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT). It was felt across a large swathe of northern Italy, including the cities of Bologna, Ferrara, Verona and Mantua and as far away as Milan and Venice. The tremor forced many terrified residents into the streets. — 52 — Two people were reported to have been killed in Sant'Agostino when a ceramics factory collapsed. The mother of one of the victims told local media that “he wasn't supposed to be there. He changed shifts with a friend”. Another person — believed to be a Moroccan national - was killed in Ponte Rodoni do Bondeno. In Tecopress di Dosso, one worker died when the roof of a foundry collapsed, Rai News24 reports. Local media say three women died as a result of illness induced by the tremors: a 37-year- old German national, near Bologna, who was said to have had a heart attack, a centenarian in Sant'Agostino and an octogenarian. About 50 people were injured - but no-one seriously. жүктеу/скачать 0,58 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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