My prayers go out to the people in Italy.

Hope everybody is safe, take care.

Praying everyone stays safe.

Guys, watch https://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse and his updates for ALL over the WORLD! It is more on the way!

Praying for the safety of all affected.

Fearful experience, because it's out of your control, you can not run or hide from it.

I pray that the earthquake doesn't harm many people this time round

Feeling a earthquake is quite frightening, the stronger it is the more frightening it is. It makes you feel that your home is going to become your burial place.

I do know it, as I lived in central Italy for some years and I had the chance of experiencing a very bad one in 1982 or 1984, I can't recall exactly. It was above 8 on the Mercalli scale, which is almost 7 on the Richter scale I think. I was at home with my mom and the house started shaking and swaying horizontally then up and down, for 30 very long seconds.

Thank God the house was built to resist so we had only one crack, but guys, it was really bad. And one week later a 7 degree Mercalli followed, along with thousands of aftershocks. I found the noise very terrifying.

Cats and dogs feel it coming a few minutes earlier. They start behaving strangely, cats mewing as if they want to mate, and dogs trying to pull people away from buildings (I saw my dog doing it with my brother). Also, the gases released from the earth make the moon appear veiled with an eerie circular "fog". Creepy.

May God protect people from earthquakes all around the globe.

Hope are ok there .. it is on Australian ABC news. Cheers, William

Oh dear, I do hope it stops and all will be back to normal.
Many thank, Tosh :)