Powerful Earthquakes Rock Italy And Myanmar Hours Apart On Wednesday

Meera Dolasia
2016-08-26T12:12:40-07:00

On Wednesday, August 24, the residents of the Apennine regions in central Italy were jolted awake at 3.36 a.m. by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. To make matters worse, it was followed by over 80 aftershocks, including a 5.5 magnitude tremor that hit Umbria an hour later, at 4.33 a.m.