Second powerful aftershock rattles Rome

A pair of powerful aftershocks shook central Italy on Wednesday, knocking out power, closing a major highway and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people.

The first quake carried a magnitude of 5.4, but the second one was even stronger, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.

The US Geological survey put the magnitude at 6.0 and said the epicenre was in Visso, where buildings crumbled into the street.