MILAN (AP) — At least nine people are reported dead in a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20.
Premier Mario Monti pledged in a hastily called news conference two hours after the quake that the government will do “all that it must and all that is possible in the briefest period to guarantee the resumption of normal life in this area so special, so important and so productive for Italy.”
The U.S. Geological Survey said today’s quake, which struck at 9 a.m. local time, was centered 25 miles northwest of the city of Bologna. It hit the area where a 6.0 temblor killed seven people earlier this month.
Comments are not available on this story.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
