Aerial footage from Italy earthquake zone

Video. Aerial footage from Italy earthquake zone

The extent of the damage was starting to emerge on Thursday after two earthquakes struck central Italy, the same region hit by a deadly quake in August.

The extent of the damage was starting to emerge on Thursday after two earthquakes struck central Italy, the same region hit by a deadly quake in August.

The first tremor struck at 7:10 p.m. (local time, 1710 GMT) on Wednesday and carried a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale.

But the second one a little more than two hours later was eight times stronger at 6.1, according to the US Geological Survey.

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