ROME, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A second strong quake hit central Italy late on Wednesday, soon after a 5.4-magnitude temblor had struck the same areas located in the province of Macerata in the Marche region.
The latest quake hit at 9:18 p.m. local time (1918 GMT) and carried a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale, according to Italy's National Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (INGV). The first one had struck at 7:11 p.m. local time (1711 GMT).
The epicentre of both tremors was registered in the Valnerina valley, a mountainous area between the cities of Macerata and Perugia, the capital of the Umbria region.
