Just after 3:30 this morning local time, central Italy was rocked by an earthquake measuring at least 5.8 on the Richter scale ? though the U.S. Geological Survey measured it at 6.3. For more, we go to Rachel Donadio who is in L’Aquila, Italy.
As residents of the central Italian city L’Aquila slept, a deadly earthquake hit the surrounding region, killing at least 50 people. For more we turn to the BBC’s Rome Correspondent David Willey.