Earthquake hits Italy

A 6.2 earthquake has hit central Italy near Perugia at 3:36 a.m. Numerous towns have been affected, It is too soon for a count of the injured and dead. Pictures on the links below show areas of mass devastation. Pray for the people affected. If you do not pray, please keep them in your positive thoughts,

***Update***About  250 people known killed and about 300 injured.

I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.

***Updare***   http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37188301

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perugia

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-quake-idUSKCN10Z04H

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/24/italy-quake-64-magnitude-tremor-rocks-perugia/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/magnitude-6-2-earthquake-shakes-central-italy-rome-article-1.2763066

http://www.smh.com.au/world/live-blog-strong-earthquake-hits-central-italy-20160824-gqzz16.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37171953

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/earthquake-rocks-central-italy-hitting-amatrice-accumoli-hard-n636861