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Glad you're ok Lorna and everyone else.

We know about earthquakes here in NZ so can appreciate what has happened.

Lorna at Vicenza

Oh God yes, you lot have had some terrible ones over there.

Thanks for your good wishes.

K in Modena

It was very strong here in Modena, the whole floor was shaking, but my OH and daughter still managed to sleep through it! We've just had another after-shock and some of the neighbours have evacuated their buildings again.

jacq296

It reached us here at Lake Garda, very unsettling. Glad to hear that folks are ok.

MarkRD

Hi all . .yes we felt it very strongly in FE. I live on fourth and top floor and to be woken up with a banging noise and the whole flat shaking is one of the weirdest and scariest things ever ..

Plus just as we were trying to get some kip on the sofa in the afternoon .. another one ..

No severe damage although some pretty big cracks in the walls on the ground floor and in some other flats I gather. FAirly new building and should be anti-sismico.

We didn't sleep at home last night...luckily with relatives out of town. I know a lot who slept in their cars.

Some damage to the castle in FE and in the centro storico, although obviously not as bad as in S Agostino, Finale E, etc.

Feel terrible for those poor blokes on their nightshift . .

Let's hope it's all over.

Garbatellamike

Crikey, just seen some photos on internet - shocking. 5.9 on Richter apparently

Glad to hear you are OK up North

MarkRD

Amazing some of the best photos on the Daily Mail website:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...cked-half.html

Lorna at Vicenza

What a lot of damage.
That photo of the tower with half the clock gone and half the clock still there is shockingly amazing.

K in Modena

Apparently the British news showed the other half of that clock tower falling down live during one of the aftershocks. I feel so lucky as the epicentre really wasn't far from Modena.

MarkRD

Yeah, halfway between us!
just felt another tremor .. 3.8 at 40 km deep apparently

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/....php?id=191389

MarkRD

Another biggish one last night before midnight ..

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/....php?id=191813

plus other smaller ones.

We've had enough!
I blame the government..

K in Modena

Yeah, we felt the one last night and I think there was a smaller one this morning? Half the time I don't know if there are very small shocks or if it's all in my mind!

MarkRD

Know what you mean, but that one last night was def not in the mind!

Yes soemone at work just mentioned the one this morning .. i think I was driving so didn't feel it.

MarkRD

If anyone's listening this is *not* over yet ... keep getting minor tremors throughout the day and night (and yes you do feel the ground and everything else shake) and had another bigg-ish one yesterday evening.

This is getting silly.

How are you doing K in Modena?

HADENOUGHPIZZA

We've only felt the bigger ones here. It must be very stressful for you living with th the constants shakes and the anxiety that they cause . Here's hoping the worst is over and you can get back to normal