Damage in central Italy caused by an earthquake.
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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake rocked central Italy early Thursday morning, the latest in a string of strong temblors that have hit the region. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was shallow, at just 6.2 miles deep, and hit 32 miles southeast of Perugia. One week ago, two earthquakes — measuring 5.5 and 6.1 — struck the area, and on Sunday, a magnitude 6.6 quake, the biggest to hit Italy in 36 years, caused immense damage in the Apennine Mountains, displacing 15,000 residents. In August, a strong earthquake leveled the town of Amatrice, killing 300 people.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.