Earthquake of magnitude 4.0 hits Italian island; one dead, 25 injured
A 4.0 magnitude of earthquake hit Italian island Ischia off the coast of Naples at 8:57 pm on Monday night. Being a major tourist attraction the island was packed, injuring 25 people and killing one. Six building and a church collapsed in the town of Casamicciola as the quake hit. The residents and tourists ran out on the streets. Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) put the magnitude at 4.0 while both the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the European quake agency, EMSC, estimated the magnitude at 4.3. Local Civil Protection Department official Giovanni Vittozzi said one woman was killed when she was hit by falling masonry from a church. Some civil protection squads were already on the island because of brushfires. The buildings that collapsed seemed to have been inhabited with around 10 people, these were looked for. -PTC News
