Still reeling from the impact of the deadly coronavirus, Italy has been hit by another disaster; an earthquake in the Northern region.
The 4.3 magnitude quake struck the region of Emilia-Romagna – around 1km away from Coli – which has been one of the worst-affected areas of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.
According to the EMSC, the quake hit about 46 km north east of the city of Genoa, where witnesses said they felt shaking. So far, there have been no reports of injuries or severe damage.
It was recorded at 11.42am local time and light tremors were felt in Milan, in the neighbouring Lombardy region, and as far as bordering Switzerland.
One person in Pavia, Lombardy, who lives on the second floor of a block, said: “My bed shook slightly for four seconds or more”.
Another from the same town reported their table swaying and their chandelier moving.
“I am in a building on the sixth floor and I felt a wave of about five seconds,” said another in Genoa.
Many Italians, who are still in lockdown, have taken to social media calling 2020 the worst year ever due to its recent bad luck.
More than 21,000 of the nearly 166,000 infected persons have died of COVID-19 in the European nation.
