Rome, Aug 24 (Reuters): A strong earthquake brought down buildings in mountainous central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents and sending others fleeing into the streets, with at least six people believed killed. The quake caused serious damage to a number of towns and villages but did not seem to have hit heavily populated areas. There's been a landslide and a bridge might collapse.”The US Geological Survey said a 6.2 magnitude quake hit near the town of Norcia, in the region of Umbria, at 3.36 am (0136 GMT). It seemed the bed was walking across the room by itself with us on it,” Lina Mercantini of Ceselli, Umbria, told Reuters. The last major earthquake to hit Italy struck the central city of L'Aquila in 2009, killing more than 300 people.

Source: The Telegraph August 24, 2016 03:56 UTC