Here's why Italy is prone to devastating earthquakes
 

Here's why Italy is prone to devastating earthquakes
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Dozens of people were killed in central Italy after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake nearly leveled hilltop towns and trapped residents under piles of rubble.

The Wednesday morning earthquake is the latest in a string of deadly seismic events to strike Italy in the past four decades.

The Mediterranean nation is particularly prone to earthquakes for a mix of geographical reasons, Jennifer Weston, a seismologist with the International Seismological Center in England, told Mashable.

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Italy and its neighboring countries sit at the spot where the Eurasia and Africa (or Nubia) tectonic plates collide.* Read more...

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