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Urgent: Second powerful quake hits central Italy after 5.4-magnitude temblor

Xinhua, October 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

A second strong quake hit central Italy late on Wednesday, soon after a 5.4-magnitude temblor had struck the same areas located in the province of Macerata in the Marche region.

The latest quake hit at 9:18 p.m. local time (1918 GMT) and carried a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale, according to Italy's National Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (INGV). The first one had struck at 7:11 p.m. local time (1711 GMT).

The epicentre of both tremors was registered in the Valnerina valley, a mountainous area between the cities of Macerata and Perugia, the capital of the Umbria region. Endit