What has happened?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Central Italy has been shaken by another powerful earthquake.<br /><br /> The tremor measured 6.6 on the Richter scale. <br /><br /> It has caused the collapse of buildings and historic churches in small cities and towns already shaken by tremors in the past week.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> How big was it?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The quake measured 7.1 according to an initial estimate by the US Geological Survey.<br /><br /> This was later revised to 6.6.<br /><br /> It is the biggest earthquake since almost 300 people were killed in central Italy on August 24 by a quake that levelled several small towns.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Has anyone been killed?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> No deaths have been reported so far.<br /><br /> However, there is widespread damage.<br /><br /> Buildings damaged include the historic basilica of St Benedict in the centre of Norcia, a town near Perugia in Umbria.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> An eyewitness account<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Residents in Rome were woken up when their homes began to shake.<br /><br /> Euronews Editor-in-Chief Gardenia Trezzini was one of them.<br /><br /> “Rome was woken up by shaking, we ran out into the street, there was a real feeling of danger. We met our neighbours down there, everyone was terrified.”<br /><br /> “Now the panic has subsided, lots of people in Rome come from Le Marche and Umbria, the region most affected.”<br /><br /> “Telephone lines are overwhelmed. People are in the street, trying to call their families who are in the affected areas to make sure they are ok.”<br /><br /> “There is still a feeling of instability. I am in the house and I have the impression that the ground is still shaking under my feet.<br /><br /> “There is no actual shaking now, the lampshades are not swinging dangerously like they were during the quake, but there is still a feeling of instability. It is as though the body can sense the deep movements underground.”<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> A series of earthquakes<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Sunday’s earthquake follows a series of tremors that have struck the country in the past five days.<br /><br /> It was felt as far north as Bolzano, near the border with Austria, and as far south as the Puglia region a the southern tip of the Italian peninsula.<br /><br /> A series of strong earthquakes struck the area on Wednesday.<br />
