At least five people have died after a strong earthquake hit central Italy early Wednesday, local media reported.

 

意大利当地媒体报道，当地时间周三早些时候一场强地震袭击意大利中部地区，至少5人丧生。

 

Confirmed deaths included an elderly couple whose home collapsed¹ at Pescara del Tronto in the Marche region to the east of the epicenter near Norcia, national broadcaster RAI reported.

 

Another death was reported in the nearby town of Accumoli, where there are also four other people believed dead under the rubble² of collapsed houses.

 

"They are not showing any sign of life. Two parents and two children," said Accumoli mayor Stefano Petrucci.

 

Italian media reports also said two people have died under the rubble of a collapsed building in Amatrice, near Rieti, another town worst-hit in the quake in mountainous central Italy.

 

"The roads in and out of the town are cut off. Half the town is gone," said Amatrice's mayor Sergio Pirozzi. "There are people under the rubble... There's been a landslide³ and a bridge might have collapsed."

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