Italy in desperate race to save the buried after the earthquake

From The Times
April 7, 2009

...The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck shortly after 3.30am local time,..

...L’Aquila, a 13th-century walled city 60km (about 40 miles) from Rome, bore the brunt of the devastation, although tremors awoke Italians as far away as Emilia Romagna, near Bologna, in the north, to Naples in the south. Emergency workers scrambled over the debris of collapsed churches and historic buildings in a desperate effort to pluck survivors from the rubble. The death toll was expected to rise...

Italy earthquake leaves 130 dead and scores more trapped under rubble

• Rescue effort hampered by debris blocking roads
• Up to 15,000 buildings destroyed by quake

...and at least 50,000 people are homeless.

That is a lot of damage and a lot of dead for a 6.3.

Update
Italy quake death toll rises, aftershocks continue
Wed Apr 8, 2009 3:14am EDT
* Italian quake death toll rises to 250, over 1,000 injured