Ed Lizard Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I hope this is the right forum... An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least four people and caused serious damage to buildings in several towns, local officials say. The magnitude-six quake struck in the middle of the night, about 35km (22 miles) north of the city of Bologna. The four victims were killed by falling masonry. Italian media report two more quake-related deaths. The tremor caused "significant damage to the cultural heritage" of Emilia Romagna region, the government said. The culture ministry said firefighters and civil protection workers were now examining damaged historic buildings. It was the worst tremor to hit the country since the L'Aquila quake killed nearly 300 people in central Italy in 2009. 'Big bang'Continue reading the main story Northern Italy quake Kills at least four and damages buildings across Emilia Romagna region San Felice sul Panaro: 15th-Century castle severely damaged Finale Emilia: bell tower collapses, crushing cars Sant'Agostino: ceramic factory destroyed, killing two employees Tecopress di Dosso: worker dies when a factory roof collapses Buonacompra: historic church destroyed Tremor also felt in cities of Bologna, Modena, Ferrara, Rovigo, Verona and Mantua In pictures: Italy earthquake 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. Two people were 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Yea, also here in my area we had the quake this night, and also 1 hour ago at 3:20pm another one ... Live coverage http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/diretta.html http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/video/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Another BIG one some minutes ago ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Another BIG one some minutes ago ... USGS has a 5.8 near Medolla and two 4.7 aftershocks in Carpi and Cavezzo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 10 deaths at the moment ... http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/ http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/diretta.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 another heavy one few seconds ago ... my god ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 another heavy one few seconds ago ... my god ... Good luck sounds like some crazy stuff going on over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 another heavy one few seconds ago ... my god ... 5.6 near Cavezzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 The one of this morning ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxvM_vzyy2s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Yea, also here in my area we had the quake this night, and also 1 hour ago at 3:20pm another one ... Live coverage http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/diretta.html http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/video/ I thought of you and came here actually to start a thread to see if you are okay. How are you personally? Any damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Hey, here's all ok, we are about 300 km north of the epicenter so we don't have any major damage ... anyway the people start to be worried/nervous ... this is the 4th quite heavy quake in 10 days ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Wow, hope all is well there and the surrounding areas Matthew. I'll be driving through that region in a few weeks, so I hope things calm down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Fairly shallow too, only 6 miles down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Deaths rised to 15 right now ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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