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Italy Earthquake Kills More Than 70, Leaves Many More Injured

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 | Sacramento, CA

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AP - Rescuers search amid rubble following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy suffered a 6.2 earthquake and over 200 aftershocks since the early hours of this morning.

More than 70 people have been killed and many more injured.

We’ll talk to Graham Kent, the director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno – he’s familiar with prior seismic activity in the Mediterranean.