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Two powerful earthquakes hit Italy within two hours

Two earthquakes have devastated Italy within the space of two hours, causing countless damages to infrastructure.

The first earthquake hit at 7:10 last night in Italian time. Media reports say that the 5.4 magnitude earthquake caused shaking of buildings. The second quake which arrived about an hour later caused some buildings to come crashing down causing some injuries.

Yet no current media reports suggest any casualties.

The latest earthquakes comes two months after 300 people were killed in a massive earthquake in August.