(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 4 - A 4.5-magnitude quake rocked the Eastern Sicilian provinces of Catania, Messina and Siracusa on Wednesday. The quake struck on Mount Etna at 7:05 at a depth of four kilometres and its epicentre was between the province of Catania towns of Ragalna, Biancavilla and Santa Maria di Licodia, the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) said. The civil protection department said there were no reports of anyone being injured or of any major damage. (ANSA). Read ...

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