6.3 - CENTRAL ITALY - 260+ dead. 27,700 homeless

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An earthquake shook central Italy within the last hour, initially reported as a 5.7 magnitude but it has since been downgraded to a 5.2.

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time

* Thursday, April 09, 2009 at 00:53:00 UTC
* Thursday, April 09, 2009 at 02:53:00 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 42.511°N, 13.328°E
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region CENTRAL ITALY
Distances 70 km (45 miles) W of Pescara, Italy
105 km (65 miles) SE of Perugia, Italy
105 km (65 miles) NE of ROME, Italy
120 km (75 miles) S of Ancona, Italy
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4 km (2.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=164, Nph=164, Dmin=18.6 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2009ffac

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

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272 dead

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... tion=world

Madonna donates half a million dollars to earthquake victims.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedish ... binos.html

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http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_ffbz_l.html

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009- ... 172319.htm

293 dead.