Rome, Apr. 6 : At least 13 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in central Italy, Italian officials say.

The earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale struck at 3.32 a. m. local time about 95 km north-east of Rome, at a depth of 10 km.

Four children were said to be among the dead, with reports of more fatalities in and around the city of L''Aquila.

The BBC quoted a civil protection official as saying that the earthquake may have damaged 3,000 to 10,000 buildings.

Rome  - A magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck central Italy early Monday, causing buildings to collapse in the historic centre of L'Aquila and raising fears of fatalities.

Police reported numerous injuries.

Rome, Abruzzo and other parts of central Italy were hit by the quake, whose epicentre was in the area of Abruzzo's capital, L'Aquila, at a 5-kilometre depth, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.

L'Aquila residents were shaken from sleep and ran out in panic onto the city's streets.

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Rome - An own goal in a 1-0 win Sunday over Udinese allowed Inter Milan to leave Juventus nine points behind with eight games left in the Serie A season.

Juve stumbled earlier Sunday in a 3-3 home draw with minnows Chievo, allowing Sergio Pellissier to top a hat-trick with an injury- time equalizer.

In Udine, two wide drives from Ghana's Sulley Muntari were the only first-half efforts from a lacklustre Inter, who had some problems in defence as Udinese pressed on the flanks to provide feeds for Fabio Quagliarella.

Rome  - Inter Milan on Sunday were awaiting the return of striker driano, who has remained in Brazil after being in the squad for two 2010 World Cup qualifiers over the past week.

La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Adriano, 26, could return to Italy Monday or Tuesday. He failed to board a scheduled flight for Italy on Friday and did not communicate his decision to his agent and Inter.

Adriano has suffered from alcohol problems and depression over the past two years. Brazil coach Dunga kept him on the bench in games played against Ecuador on March 28 and Peru on Wednesday, but Inter coach Jose Mourinho didn't want to dwell on his personal problems.

Rome  - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has dismissed criticism of his government's economic policies during protest in Rome involving hundreds of thousands of workers, students and pensioners.

"It is impossible to speak and reason with the deaf," Berlusconi said in Prague late Saturday, where he was attending a US-European Union summit.

Berlusconi also disputed that 2.7 million attended Saturday's protest, a figure claimed by the organizer, Italy's largest labour union confederation, the leftist CGIL.