Residents of Amatrice survey the damage to their homes. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP At least 120 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck a remote area of central Italy on Wednesday, said Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, warning that the figure could still rise Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck at 3:36am Amatrice and Accumoli, in Lazio, and Arquata and Pescara del Tronto, in Marche, worst affected Epicentre in Norcia, near Perugia. Lazio region hit the hardest Strong aftershocks. Tremors felt in Rome. Death toll confirmed so far at 120. People in the area asked to give blood. Hospital in Amatrice collapsed. The quake occurred at 3.36am, in Norcia, a town south of Perugia, Umbria, and has devastated the towns of Amatrice and Accumuli in the northern Lazio region along with Arquata and Pescara del Tronto, in the eastern region of Marche. 19:30 - Death toll rises to 120, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Some 368 people were injured in the tremor, he sa...
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