Recovery crews search frantically for Italy quake survivors

A street in Amatrice, central Italy, after the quake

A street in Amatrice, central Italy, after the quake Source: AAP

At least 159 people have been killed and more than 360 injured in an earthquake that hit a mountainous area of central Italy.


The magnitude-6.2 quake struck at 3:36 in the morning local time, 100 kilometres northeast of Rome, not far from Perugia.


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