Second Earthquake Rattles Central Italy

Two earthquakes have rocked central Italy on Wednesday evening, just two months after another earthquake killed more that 290 people. The first strong earthquake was magnitude 5.4 and struck near Preci, around 61 kilometers southeast of Perugia, at a depth of 10 km according to the us geological servey.

People have reported feeling the shakes as far away as bologna while a number of people say buildings in Rome were rattled. Power in some areas were knocked out by the first quake and closed a major highway. In august buildings in central Italy were flattened and nearly 300 people died.