Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The moment baby Pasquale is rescued from the rubble

Rescuers have freed the last of three brothers who were trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake on the Italian holiday island of Ischia.

The fire service confirmed they had rescued the 11-year-old at 14:12 local time (12:12 GMT), some 16 hours after the quake struck.

His baby brother was the first to be pulled out, in the early hours; then his eight-year-old sibling mid morning.

At least two women died and 39 people were injured in the quake.

The 4.0 magnitude quake struck in the mid-evening, at a depth of around 5km (3 miles), just north of the Casamicciola commune.

Ischia, off the coast of Naples, has a population of about 50,000 and is hugely popular with tourists, many of whom were out in bars and restaurants when the shaking started.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ciro, 11, was the last of his three brothers to be freed from the rubble

Image copyright AFP Image caption His brother, Mattias, 8, was rescued mid-morning

"A horrible experience, everything was shaking, plunged into darkness, houses were collapsing... a nightmare," one person wrote on Twitter.

Another said: "I was on the couch watching TV. Blackout, shaking, something fell on my head. I scream, my mother grabs me and we ran outside."

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Some buildings completely collapsed in the earthquake

There were huge cheers when 11-year-old Ciro was pulled free from the rubble of his family home. He was credited with saving his brothers by pushing them under the bed when the shaking first started.

His seven-month-old brother Pasquale was the first to be brought out, at 04:00. Rescuers were able to pass water through a tube to Ciro, and his eight-year-old brother Mattias, as they worked to get them out.

"I promised them that after this was all over we would all go get a pizza together," one rescuer told Italian television.

The boys' parents and another woman had managed to escape from the building earlier, and raised the alarm about their children.

Image copyright EPA Image caption Hotels, a church, hospital and homes were damaged

Hotels, homes and a hospital were among a number of buildings damaged. One elderly woman was reportedly killed by debris falling from a church, while another body was found in the rubble of another collapsed building.

Civil Protection Department head Angelo Borrelli said some 2,600 people were unable to re-enter their homes while safety checks were being carried out around the island.

Extra ferries, from Naples to Ischia, were laid on during the night to bring more rescue workers to the island and allow holidaymakers to leave. Dozens of people are said to have ended their holidays early and Italian media said some tourists were sleeping on benches waiting for boats to arrive.

An emergency response team was quickly on the scene, partly because additional numbers were already on the island to fight localised bush fires.

Ischia, about an hour's ferry ride from Naples, is no stranger to earthquakes. Its worst came in July 1883 when a 5.8-magnitude quake killed more than 2,000 people.</s>A baby has been rescued after a earthquake hit the Italian island of Ischia.

At least one person has died and more than 20 people have been injured.

Italian media say up to 10 others are unaccounted for after buildings in the town of Casamicciola collapsed.</s>An earthquake measuring magnitude 3.6 has hit the island of Ischia off the coast of Naples, killing at least one person and injuring 20 others as several buildings collapsed.

Residents and tourists on the island, which is crowded at the height of the summer season, ran out on to the streets from homes and hospitals. News reports suggested the hardest-hit area was Casamicciola on the northern part of the island.

Television images showed that about six buildings in the town as well as a church had collapsed in the quake, which hit just before 9pm on Monday, just as many people were having dinner. 



At least one hotel and parts of a hospital were evacuated. Roberto Allocca, a doctor from a local hospital, told Sky TG24 television that at least 20 people were being treated for minor injuries at a makeshift emergency room set up on the hospital grounds. Allocca said the situation was calm and under control.

Most of the hospital had been evacuated and the injured were treated outside. Media reports said one woman had been killed when she was hit by falling rubble from a church.

Civil protection crews, already on the island in force to fight the forest fires that have been ravaging southern Italy, were checking the status of the buildings that suffered damage, while more were arriving from the mainland.

The television reports said the buildings that collapsed appeared to have been inhabited and a number of people were still unaccounted for.

Together with the nearby island of Capri, Ischia is a favourite island getaway for the European jetset, famed in particular for its thermal waters. Casamicciola was at the epicentre of an 1883 earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people.</s>A 4.0 magnitude earthquake on the Italian island of Ischia has left at least one person dead and 25 more injured.

Italian media say up to 10 others are unaccounted for after buildings in the town of Casamicciola collapsed.

The island off the coast of Naples has a population of about 50,000 and is extremely popular with tourists.

Local reports say a hospital has been evacuated and emergency workers are attempting to free people from collapsed structures.

Areas of the island are said to be without power.

Emergency workers are being transported by ferry and helicopter from the mainland. Some workers were already on the island because of localised bushfires.

The Italian red cross confirmed on twitter they were working with local authorities.</s>An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 hit the tourist-packed Italian island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, on Monday night, killing at least one person and injuring some 25 others as buildings collapsed, officials said.

Residents and tourists on the island ran out onto the streets from homes and hotels.

Television images showed that about six buildings in the town of Casamicciola as well as a church collapsed in the quake, which hit at 8:57 p.m. (1857 GMT).

Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) put the magnitude at 4.0, but both the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the European quake agency, EMSC, estimated the magnitude at 4.3.

Local Civil Protection Department official Giovanni Vittozzi said one woman was killed when she was hit by falling masonry from a church, and officials were checking reports of another victim.

Helicopters and a ferry boat were bringing in more rescue workers from the mainland.

Roberto Allocca, a doctor from a local hospital, told Sky TG24 television that about 25 people had been treated for minor injuries. Most of the hospital had been evacuated and the injured were treated outside.

Some civil protection squads were already on the island because of brushfires.

The television reports said the buildings that collapsed appeared to have been inhabited and about 10 people were still unaccounted for.

The quake hit a few days before the first anniversary of a major quake that killed nearly 300 people in central Italy, most of them in the town of Amatrice.</s>ROME – An earthquake rattled the Italian resort island of Ischia at the peak of tourist season Monday night, killing at least one person and trapping a half dozen others, including children, under collapsed homes.

Police said all but one of the people known to be trapped were responding to rescuers and were expected to be extracted alive. One person, however, wasn’t responding, raising worries the death toll could increase, said Giovanni Salerno of the financial police.

Italy’s national volcanology institute said the temblor struck a few minutes before 9 p.m., just as many people were having dinner. The hardest-hit area was Casamicciola, on the northern part of the island.

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There was great discrepancy in the magnitude reported: Italy’s national vulcanology agency put the initial magnitude at 3.6, though it revised it to a 4.0 sustained magnitude with a shallow depth of 5 kilometres (3 miles) in the waters just off the island. The U.S. Geological Survey and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center gave it a 4.3 magnitude, with a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles).

While such discrepancies and revisions are common, Italian officials complained that the Italian agency’s initial low 3.6-magnitude greatly underestimated the power of the temblor.

At least one hotel and parts of a hospital were evacuated. A doctor at the Rizzoli hospital, Roberto Allocca, told Sky TG24 that some 26 people were being treated for minor injuries at a makeshift emergency room set up on the hospital grounds. He said the situation was calm and under control.

Salerno confirmed one woman was killed by falling masonry. At least three people were extracted from the rubble, the civil protection said.

Civil protection crews, already on the island in force to fight the forest fires that have been ravaging southern Italy, were checking the status of the buildings that suffered damage.

Together with the nearby island of Capri, Ischia is a favourite island getaway for the European jet set, famed in particular for its thermal waters. Casamicciola was the epicenter of an 1883 earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people.</s>ROME -- A deadly 3.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the Italian resort island of Ischia at the peak of tourist season Monday, collapsing some buildings, cutting electricity and sending panicked residents and tourists into the streets.

Italian officials say a woman has died and seven are unaccounted for at the moment.

Doctors reported that about 20 people suffered slight injuries, but officials feared others may be trapped in the rubble.

Italy's national volcanology institute said the temblor struck just before 9 p.m. local time as many people were having dinner.

Television images showed that about six buildings in the town of Casamicciola as well as a church had collapsed, the Reuters news agency reports.

At least one hotel and parts of the Rizzoli hospital were evacuated (except for patients on respirators). A doctor at the Rizzoli hospital, Roberto Calloca, told Sky TG24 that some 20 people were being treated for minor injuries at a makeshift emergency room set up on the hospital grounds. Calloca said the situation was calm and under control.

Civil protection crews, already on the island in force to fight the forest fires that have been ravaging southern Italy, were checking the status of the buildings that suffered damage.

Together with the nearby island of Capri, Ischia is a favorite island getaway for the European jet-set, famed in particular for its thermal waters. Casamicciola was the epicenter of an 1883 earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people.</s>ROME — The latest on an earthquake that hit the Italian resort island of Ischia (all times local):

Different seismological agencies are reporting significantly different magnitudes for the earthquake that struck the Italian resort island of Ischia late Monday.

Italy's national vulcanology department gave a preliminary magnitude of 3.6. But the U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 4.3, while the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center had it at 4.5. All of them gave the epicenter just off Ischia at a depth of 10 (6 miles).

While such variances are common, some Italian officials are complaining that the Italian agency's initially low 3.6 magnitude underestimated the power of the quake. Several buildings collapsed in the town of Casamicciola and at least one person was killed.

Italian officials say one person has died and seven people are unaccounted for after a 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck the resort island of Ischia late Monday.

Giovanni Vittozzi of the carabinieri's civil protection department tells Italy's Sky TG24 that several buildings in Ischia's Casamicciola town have collapsed. He says one woman was killed and seven people are unaccounted for.

He says the Rizzoli hospital has been evacuated, except for patients on respirators.</s>One person was killed and 25 were injured in an earthquake on the popular Italian tourist island of Ischia on Monday night, authorities said.

Citing an official with Italy's Protection Department, Giovanni Vittozzi, the Associated Press reported that a woman died after she was hit by falling masonry from a church.

Local media reported that 25 people were taken to a hospital and 10 people were missing, according to Reuters.

The U.S. Geological Survey and European-Mediterranean Seismological Center put the temblor's magnitude at at 4.3, while Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology revised its preliminary measurement of 3.6 up to 4.0.

Ischia is in the Tyrrhenian Sea, just west of Naples.

In the small town of Casamicciola, on the island's northern coast, six buildings and a church collapsed after the quake struck just before 9 p.m. (3 p.m. ET), Reuters reported.

"I am seeing several people under the rubble," a resident there, Raimondo Giusto, told RAI NEWS 24.

A Dutch tourist, Tessa de Mönnink, told NBC News that she was at a restaurant in the village of Sant'Angelo when the room began to shake, then went dark.

It was “like something I’ve never heard before,” she said.

The quake lasted 30 seconds, she added, and after two minutes the power returned.

Italy has suffered more than its share of devastating quakes. Nearly a year ago, it experienced one of its worst, when a 6.3 magnitude temblor killed almost 300 people and destroyed the ancient town of Amatrice.</s>ROME: A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Italian holiday island of Ischia on Monday (Aug 21), prompting destruction that left at least one dead and seven missing at peak tourist season.

A woman was killed in Casamicciola, which is in the island's north, by debris that fell from a church, Italian media reported. Seven people were also missing after a building collapsed and 25 were slightly injured.

The tremor hit at 8.57pm (3.57am Singapore time Tuesday) and came just days ahead of the first anniversary of the 6.0-magnitude quake that killed nearly 300 people in and around Amatrice central Italy.

Firefighters said on Twitter that several buildings on the island were damaged or had collapsed. Ischia's only hospital was also hit and had to be partially evacuated.

Restaurants were packed and many stores were still open when the shaking began, witnesses said on Twitter.

Ischia has been a frequent victim of earthquakes, with its worst dating back over a century. Estimated at a magnitude of 5.8, it killed over 2,000 people in July 1883.

Much of Italy's land mass and some of its surrounding waters are prone to seismic activity with the highest risk concentrated along its mountainous central spine.

Italy straddles the Eurasian and African tectonic plates, making it vulnerable to seismic activity when they move.
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes the Italian island of Ischia, leaving one person dead and 25 others injured. Italian media report 10 others are unaccounted for after several buildings collapsed in Casamicciola Terme.