What were the primary effects in the italy earthquake 2016

An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016[3] on the moment magnitude scale, hitCentral Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST (01:36 UTC).

Its epicentre was close to Accumoli, with its hypocentre at a depth of 4 ± 1 km,[2]approximately 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Perugia and 45 km (28 mi) north ofL'Aquila, in an area near the borders of the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo and Marcheregions. As of 29 September 2016, 298 people have been killed.[7

true. earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. this reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. these are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.