At Least 92 Dead as 6.3 Quake Rocks Italy

Houses collapsed as people slept

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 6, 2009 9:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – At least 92 people are reported dead and some 1500 injured after a powerful 6.3 earthquake shook a large swath of central Italy at 3:32am local time, reports the Guardian. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has declared a state of emergency as the quake... Read full story »

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