The death toll from the Abruzzo earthquake reached 228 last night as a series of strong aftershocks continued to rattle through the region.
A tremor of 5.6 magnitude spread more panic yesterday evening in L’Aquila, a city once home to about 70,000 people, where the impact was felt the strongest. At least one person was reported killed as a result of the shock. Monday’s earthquake was between 5.8 to 6.3 magnitude.
The number of people killed from an earthquake in Costa Rica rose to 34 on Saturday, a government official said.
Another 64 people were listed as missing two days after the 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook north-central Costa Rica, the official said.
Emergency personnel continued to search for victims affected by the quake, according to Ministry of Infrastructure spokeswoman Silvia Chaves.
Rescuers reached 200 tourists who had been stranded in a hotel in Varablanca, and they were taken to safety, she said.
A powerful earthquake has struck south-western Panama, close to the border with Costa Rica, says the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The quake was reported with a magnitude of 6.2 and happened at a depth of 48.2km (30 miles), monitors said.
The epicentre was close to the Pacific coast and 55km (35 miles) west of David, Panama’s third-largest city and home to 125,000 people.
BEIJING (AFP) — China allocated nearly four million dollars Tuesday in relief funds for a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled the nation’s quake-prone southwest, killing 38 people.
The 27 million yuan (3.95 million dollars) was allocated from the central government’s emergency relief fund to cover rescue efforts for the quake that struck Sichuan and Yunnan provinces Saturday, the civil affairs ministry said.
The death toll from the quake rose to 38 on Tuesday, with most casualties occurring in Huili county in Sichuan, Xinhua news agency said.
