Deadly quake hits northern Italy

  • 12 years ago
A powerful earthquake has killed at least seven people in northern Italy.

The quake struck in a region roughly 35 km north of the city of Bologna.

The epicentre was in the rural plains near Modena.

It was relatively shallow, striking at about 10 km underground.

Al Jazeera's Sabina Castelfranco reports from Bologna.

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