Reports: Earthquake hits northern Italy

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ROME -- An earthquake rattled northern Italy on Wednesday, sending panicked residents into the streets and damaging buildings, news reports said. No injuries were reported.

The temblor had a magnitude of 5.2, said Enzo Boschi, president of the National Institute of Geophysics in Rome. The epicenter of the quake, which hit shortly before midnight, was near Lake Garda, about 60 miles east of Milan, he told national broadcaster Radio24.

The quake was felt across northern and central Italy, in cities including Milan, Turin, Genoa and Venice. In Milan and in some smaller towns near the lake, frightened residents spilled out of their homes, said the ANSA news agency.

Masonry fell off some buildings, while others suffered cracks, reports said. Authorities were still assessing the damage.
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1. Preliminary earthquake report.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usrfcl.htm

Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at 22:59:39 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at 11:59:39 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 45.663°N, 10.643°E
Depth 15 km (9.3 miles) set by location program
Region NORTHERN ITALY
Distances
35 km (25 miles) NW of Verona, Italy
100 km (60 miles) NNE of Parma, Italy
110 km (65 miles) SSW of Bolzano, Italy
445 km (275 miles) NNW of ROME, Italy
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.3 km (5.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=110, Nph=110, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.04 sec, Gp= 76°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usrfcl

Map at website.