Rescuers consoled the affected people who had been transferred to safe areas in L'Aquila Province, Italy on April 6. A severe earthquake of 5.8 magnitude occurred in central Italy at dawn on April 6 local time in the Europe-Mediterranean region. The death toll has exceeded 100 currently and about 1,500 other people were injured.
In people's minds, earthquakes rarely occur in European countries. Regarding the severe earthquake of 5.8 magnitude that occurred in L'Aquila Province in central Italy at dawn on April 6, Remi Bossu, a French expert and geophysicist from the European Mediterranean Earthquake Centre explained that this was because the location of Italy in Europe is relatively "special".