6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes heart of Europe.
Rescue workers using bare hands and buckets searched frantically for students believed buried in a wrecked dormitory after Italy’sdeadliest quake in nearly three decades struck this medieval citybefore dawn Monday, killing more than 150 people, injuring 1,500 andleaving tens of thousands homeless. The 6.3-magnitude earthquakebuckled both ancient and modern buildings in and around L’Aquila, snuggled in a valley surrounded by the snowcapped Apennines’ tallest peaks.
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