Italy inspired a strong historical earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale landed in Italy in the morning of October 30, causing the most powerful aftershock that the country has recorded in the past 36 years, according to the Research Agency. US Geology (USGS).

Many people flocked to the streets in a panic when the earthquake began at 7:40 am on October 30 (local time) and rescue teams were quickly deployed to the affected area, helping to evacuate people. people. They had to work under the condition that every 20 minutes there was an aftershock.

Italy's fire and rescue agencies say six people have been pulled out of the rubble in the city of Norcia, about 6km from the epicenter. There are still no reports of deaths and injuries.

Image of an ancient church of Norcia, Italy destroyed after the earthquake.(Source: CNN).

Many people in the affected area have been evacuated to emergency relief camps and hotel rooms prepared by the Italian government. Many schools were closed due to several successive aftershocks that followed.

The earthquake on Sunday originated from a depth of 10km, according to USGS, making its epicenter quite shallow . According to experts, if the earthquake has an aggravated epicenter, its intensity will be more pronounced on the ground, causing a greater impact.

Some photos of the day show that many historic buildings have been destroyed, many buildings have not been reinforced since the previous earthquakes. Rescue teams say they are very worried about the possibility of landslides, so they have brought many equipment to clean up the roads connecting the towns and villages in the region.

Earlier, on October 26, Italy also suffered two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 5.5 and 6.1 on the Richter scale, but fortunately there was no loss of life. However, these earthquakes caused many historical structures to be destroyed.

According to geological experts at USGS, the earthquake on October 30 was the strongest earthquake in Italy in 36 years, and the earthquakes that happened earlier were just "aftershock ". about this main earthquake.

It is known that the earthquake on October 26 happened near the area that had suffered an earthquake that killed 300 people in August.