HUGE QUAKE HITS ITALY


Actually it seems lately that the unstable crust that houses our feet is moving everywhere.. But today,  one of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday.  
A civil defense official told the AP that it was the worst earthquake since the 1300s..
The quickening just got quicker..
This Reuters image showcases the amount of damage that took place in Italy—as a quake stronger than any in hundreds of years hit .. The official summary of the photo:  The old tower is damaged after an earthquake in Finale Emilia May 20, 2012. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area’s cultural heritage. The epicentre of the 6.0 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po River Valley. REUTERS/Paolo Bona    The magnitude was a 6.0. 
This Reuters image showcases the amount of damage that took place in Italy—as a quake stronger than any in hundreds of years hit ..
The official summary of the photo:
The old tower is damaged after an earthquake in Finale Emilia May 20, 2012. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area’s cultural heritage. The epicentre of the 6.0 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po River Valley. REUTERS/Paolo Bona  
The magnitude was a 6.0. 
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Excellent point and video from the website DutchSinse: Have a plan and be ready

Some mighty large quakes recently.
It’s not a bad idea to just have some notion of what you’d do in case of a dire emergency.. one that say, hasn’t hit since the 1300s….. Italy..


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