More than 90 people are dead, and 1,500 more injured as a result of an earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy. The earthquake took place in the mountains in central Italy this morning. Rescue workers searched through piles of crumbled homes and buildings searching for survivors. One of the buildings affected was a dormitory at the University of L'Aquila. Outside, students were huddled together wrapped in blankets.
"We managed to come down with other students but we had to sneak through a hole in the stairs as the whole floor came down,"said student Luigi Alfonsi, 22. "I was in bed - it was like it would never end as I heard pieces of the building collapse around me."
The Mayor of L'Aquila said about 100,000 people were homeless as a result of the quake, and parts of many ancient churches and castles have collapsed.
The U.S.Geological Survey said the quake was a magnitude 6.3, and more than dozen aftershocks followed.
Blocks of walls, steel supports, and other parts of buildings are scattered throughout the streets of L'Aquila, and gray dust blanketed the sidewalks.
Parts of the main hospital also had to be evacuated, and more than two other cities were hit by the quake.
This was Italy's deadliest earthquake since 1980.
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