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A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude and 6.2 miles deep hits Italy in the central region leaving nothing but death and destruction. Over 200 people are now dead, tens of thousands are left without homes. Centuries' old building are turned into rubble. The earthquake was the latest and strongest in a series that have shaken the area since Sunday. It came just hours after a magnitude 4.6 tremor and 4 miles deep shook Italy's north-central region, with no reports of damage. In October 2002, 30 people, including 27 pupils and a teacher, were crushed under a school in the tiny village of San Giuliano di Puglia during an earthquake.
Twenty-two years earlier, on November 23, 1980, a violent quake struck the southern region of Irpiona near Naples, killing 2,570, injuring 8,850 and displacing 30,000.
Italy is criss-crossed by two fault lines, with about 20 million people at risk from earthquakes.
Our prayers and hearts go to the Italian people.

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