The Malta Independent 17 May 2024, Friday
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Moderate earthquake shakes Milan; no reports of injuries

Associated Press Saturday, 18 December 2021, 14:27 Last update: about 3 years ago

A moderate earthquake rattled Italy's financial capital of Milan on Saturday morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Italy's Institute for Geophysics and Vulcanology said the quake had a preliminary magnitude between 4.3 and 4.8. It struck at 11:34 a.m. (1034 GMT; 5:34 a.m. EST) in the province of Bergamo.

Italy's fire department tweeted that “at the moment no reports of damage or requests for rescue" had arrived in its operations center.

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