地震將拉奎拉(L’Aquila)的中世紀中心震成一片碎石,還夷平了周邊村落,使羅馬東北的拉奎拉地區看起來像戰區。
The earthquake reduced much of L’Aquila’s medieval centre to rubble and flattened surrounding villages, leaving the region, north-east of Rome, looking like a war zone.