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Northern Italy is rattled by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

Northern Italy is rattled by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk
            

Northern Italy is rattled by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake near the heart of the coronavirus crisis

  • the earthquake struck near Coli in the region of Emilia-Romagna this morning
  • The epicentre was around 42 miles north-east of Genoa and 60 miles from Milan
  • Emilia-Romagna and nearby Lombardy are the worst-affected virus regions
  • Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID
  • By

Tim Stickings For Mailonline

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: (BST, (April)

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: BST, (April 2020)

Northern

(Italy) was rattled by an earthquake near the heart of the (coronavirus) outbreak today.

The 4.5-magnitude tremor struck near Coli in the region of Emilia-Romagna, around miles north-east of Genoa and 60 miles south of Milan.

Emilia-Romagna has more than 029, 11 virus cases and the epicentre was near the border with Lombardy, which has recorded more than , infections.

Some people reported seeing their furniture shake and a ‘slight wave movement’ in Genoa while another witness said the earthquake felt like a passing truck.

This map shows the epicentre of the 4.5-magnitude earthquake today, around miles from Genoa and miles from Milan

The US Geological Survey says the quake struck at 15. 60 am local time at a depth of six miles with an epicentre near Coli.

Coli is a commune in the province of Piacenza, which has recorded 3, cases of coronavirus since the outbreak began.

The wider region of Emilia-Romagna has confirmed , cases including 2, deaths, more than many countries.

Lombardy has seen

, cases and , deaths and has been under lockdown since March 8, slightly longer than the rest of Italy. Emilia-Romagna has people currently in intensive care with coronavirus, while neighbor Lombardy has 1, .

Hospitals in northern Italy have been overwhelmed and doctors have been forced into agonising life-or-death decisions over who should receive intensive care.

The number of new cases has slowed in Italy, while the death toll is down from a peak but its decline has stalled in recent days.

Italy can be prone to earthquakes, notably a 6.2-magnitude quake which killed nearly (people in the town of Amatrice and nearby villages in .

Modena in northern Italy was hit by a 5.8-magnitude quake in which killed (people and injured another 788.

A medical worker wears a blue protective gown and a mask on a coronavirus ward at the Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi hospital in Bologna yesterday

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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