The magnitude 6.2 quake struck at 1.36 am yesterday, 65 miles north east of Rome.
Pictures of flattened villages in rural areas emerged yesterday as rescue operations got under way.
The epicentre was in Norcia, near Perugia, in mountainous central Italy, but tremors were felt as far away as Rome.
Read the full story in Thursday’s JEP
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