2024-12-23T02:24:58-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149975965/another-earthquake-strikes-central-italy Nicholas Korody 2016-10-31T13:40:00-04:00 >2016-11-06T00:06:01-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/q0/q0gizo16afmo76x0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Towns and villages in central Italy have been hit by an earthquake for the fourth time in three months. The 6.6-magnitude quake - Italy's strongest in decades - struck close to the region where nearly 300 people were killed by a quake in August. This time no-one appears to have died, but about 20 people were injured. The medieval basilica of St Benedict in Norcia, the town closest to the epicentre, was among buildings destroyed.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The earthquake is the most recent in a series that has rocked the region for several months. Last August, an earthquake in Amatrice killed about 300 people and, in 2009, an earthquake destroyed most of the town of L'Aquila.&nbsp;</p><p>Related:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/126442466/how-architects-can-help-nepal-and-learn-from-past-disastrous-mistakes-successes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Architects Can Help Nepal (And Learn From Past Disastrous Mistakes/Successes)</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149965915/in-wake-of-deadly-earthquake-italy-s-prime-minister-calls-on-renzo-piano-to-help-reconstruction-effort" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In wake of deadly earthquake, Italy's prime minister calls on Renzo Piano to help reconstruction effort</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149965348/italian-villages-destroyed-by-earthquake-won-t-be-able-to-be-rebuilt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Italian villages destroyed by earthquake won't be able to be rebuilt</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149942419/checking-in-on-nepal-one-year-later" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Checking in on Nepal, one year later</a></li></ul>