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Quake hits Garfagnana region of Tuscany

No reports of damage or injury, fire department says

25 January, 17:10
Quake hits Garfagnana region of Tuscany (ANSA) - Lucca, January 25 - A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Garfagnana area of Tuscany on Friday at 15:48 local time. The towns at the epicentre were Castiglione Garfagnana, Villa Collemandina, Pieve Fosciana and Fosciandora, where checks are now underway to assess the damage. However the tremor was also clearly felt in the provincial capital Lucca, Massa Carrara and Versilia, as well as further afield in Pisa, Siena, Arezzo, Florence and in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Liguria and Lombardy. In the town of Corfino, outside Lucca, a chimney top reportedly fell from the roof of an old house. The fire department said it had so far received no calls for assistance.

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