Earthquake Modena Italy

[xrunjoe]

Just noticed the bad news regarding the quake in Italy which had an epicentre around Modena and hope that Pella (who I think comes from Modena) is OK.

[Smeagol]

Yes hope all is well with our friends in Italy, and their family and friends.

[pella78]

HI all, Thanks Joe 
Thanks, I'm ok and also my family (and my work...) is ok
Earthquake epicenter is near Modena, 40km from Modena, in Finale Emilia. Fortunately quake came on sunday night because a lot of old churchs, castles and old houses  are collapsed  also a lot of factories are collapsed but only few people are inside (but now a lot of people are with no work...).  There are 5000 people without houses now (or people who can't go to their house) and 7 death. I'm sure, if this quake come during day (and not in night) there were more death...
From sunday to today, we have more than 100 quakes....  ... The bigger one were on sunday night at 4:04AM... We woke up with a 6.1 Richter quake... My friend from Milan and Venice too woke up for this quake! Then many quakes from 2 to 3.5 Richter (also today...) and a couple from 4 to 5 Richter. You can see all quakes here: http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/index.html all Pianura_padana_emiliana are quakes from Modena   

Here some shot (monument after/before)
http://gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it/foto-e-video/2012/05/20/fotogalleria/tesori-culturali-distrutti-ieri-e-oggi-1.4817229

Thanks to twitter (and also facebook) because during night (from 4.04 to 8.00) for me and for a lot of people is the ONLY means to take information about quake, friends...