A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook central Italy with no

damage reported so far,

the fire department confirmed.

The earthquake originated at 7:07 a.m. (6:07 GMT) on the coast of the town of Marchigiana Pesarese, in Pesaro Urbino, central Italy, and at a depth of 8 kilometers, but was warned throughout the center of the country,

including Florence and Rome. .

After the first tremor,

two others of lesser intensity of 3.4 and 4.0 degrees

occurred , according to the same sources.

The Fire Department wrote on its social networks that at the moment no requests for help or reports of damage have been received from the command operations room, only that there has been a lot of fear among the population.

The mayor of Ancona reported that, as a precautionary measure, after the strong earthquake classes in

all schools in the city have been suspended as well as rail traffic

, according to

Corriere della Sera

.

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