Earthquake hits central Italy
An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy. Its epicentre was close to Accumoli, with its hypocentre at a depth of 4 ± 1 km, approximately 75 km southeast of Perugia and 45 km north of L'Aquila, in an area near the borders of the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions. 299 people had been killed.