5.9 magnitude earthquake shakes northern Italy BOLOGNA - Italian news reports say three people have been killed in a magnitude-5.9 earthquake that struck northern Italy near Bologna. The quake that struck at just after 4 a.m. Sunday was centered 21.75 miles north-northwest of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 6 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Italian news agency ANSA, citing emergency services, said two people were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara when a ceramics factory collapsed. Another person was killed in Ponte Rodoni do Bondeno. In late January, a 5.4-magnitude quake shook northern Italy. Some office buildings in Milan were evacuated as a precaution and there were scattered reports of falling masonry and cracks in buildings.