Just a few months after fundamental Italy wasbattered by a magnitude 6.2 seism , the region has been struck again , and harder .
A magnitude 6.6 quake — the strongest in the country since 1980 — caused widespread damage to many of the same township that were most severely affect by August ’s incident , like Amatrice , Sunday morning . Over 200 aftershock were measure after the initial quake in Norcia , the New York Timesreports .
seismal activity four days prior move as a bellwether , giving residents metre to evacuate . As a resultant role , only 20 trauma were recorded ; by contrast August ’s quake claimed nearly 300 life . However , the BBCreportsthat the over 15,000 people who fly the quake are now dispossessed , go in tents or other temporary accommodation .
[ NYT , BBC ]
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