Ten injured in Sicily as Mount Etna eruption triggers earthquake

In the early hours of Boxing Day in eastern Sicily, locals fled their homes after the ground moved beneath them during the 4.8 magnitude quake.

The quake, which struck at 3.19am local time, was part of a series of some 1,000 mostly weak tremors, according to Italy’s Civil Protection officials.

An 80-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a house, the Italian news agency ANSA said.

Some rural homes were damaged and a statue in a church in the town of Santa Venerina collapsed.

Cracks appeared on a road in the area.

Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting since Monday, when ash from the volcano temporarily forced Sicilian airspace to shut.

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