No casualties were reported butsome buildings collapsed in central-northern Italy as amagnitude-5.1 quake on Sunday evening shook the same area that washit by two powerful fatal quakes on May 20 and 29. The latest shake occurred at 9:20 p.m. local time and was centeredin the town of Novi di Modena at a depth of 9.2 km, according toItaly's Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). The so-called "Clock Tower", a centuries-old building in thehistorical center of Novi di Modena, as well as other buildingsthat had been partially damaged by the previous quakes, totallycollapsed. Carlo Marchini, mayor of the nearby small town Concordia sullaSecchia, told Rai State television that fortunately there were nofurther dead nor injured people as all residents were alreadyliving inside city tents outside the historical center. "I was in a city tent at the moment, and there were scenes ofpanic. But fortunately all homes had already been evacuated so noone was injured," he said. Yet, several people were reported tofeel faint due to fright. "The situation had slightly improved in the past few days, as nopowerful shakes had been recorded, but tonight I saw panic-strickenpeople again. Every new quake is a blow to the heart," said RudiAccorsi, mayor of another town in the area, San Possidonio. "This is not life anymore. We are continuously feeling somethingmoving under our feet, and we can just hope it will stop one day.It is just exhausting," a local resident told Sky channel. At least 16,000 people in the hit-area have been out of their homessince May 20, when the first powerful quake of the long sequencethat killed 24 people and injured hundreds others. Local experts recommended to all residents not to get close totheir homes as other shakes may occur in the next days. They alsonoted the epicenter was slightly moving towards northern Italy. "We have registered hundreds of aftershocks in the past days, sothis last shake although powerful can be considered as normal partof the sequence," a seismologist of INGV, Alessandro Amato, toldRai. According to earlier reports, the 5.8-magnitude earthquake onTuesday claimed 17 lives and the 6-magnitude quake on May 20 killedseven people. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Display Rack Hooks , China Grocery Store Shelves, and more. For more , please visit Grocery Store Shelves today!
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