A rescuer walks past a collapsed building in L'aquila, Italy, earth April 7, 2009. The strong earthquake that hit central Italy on Monday has killed at least 150 people, injured some 1,500 and left around 70,000 homeless, Italian media reported on Tuesday.(Xinhua/Wu Wei)
The strong earthquake that hit central Italy on Monday has killed at least 150 people, injured some 1,500 and left around 70,000 homeless, Italian media reported on Tuesday.
Rescuers, who have pulled 100 people alive out of damaged buildings, estimated that more than 150 people have been killed in the fatal 5.8-magnitude earthquake, but by the end of Monday only 98 people have been identified, local daily "Corrire della sera" said on its website.
The earthquake, centered near L'Aquila which is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Rome, occurred at 03:32 local time (0132 GMT) early Monday.
People rest outdoors after an earthquake caused the collapse of St. Salvatore Hospital in Aquila April 6, 2009. A powerful earthquake struck a swathe of central Italy as residents slept on Monday morning, killing more than 150 people and flattening whole towns.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Some 10,000 to 15,000 buildings were damaged in the earthquake, with some cultural relics in this region also damaged. "Almost the whole city is unusable," the mayor of L'Aquila was quoted as saying.
Officials said that about 200 aftershocks were registered after the fatal one, the majority of which were of low magnitude. A powerful aftershock occurred at 01:15 local time Tuesday (2315 GMT Monday).
Some 4,000 rescuers were at work and Italy will have access to the European Union's disaster fund, said Premier Silvio Berlusconi who canceled a trip to Moscow in order to visit the quake-hit area.
Source: Xinhua
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