Destruction Seen in Amatrice, Italy, Hours After Earthquake — From Space

A Satellite View of the Rubble in Amatrice, Italy

Amatrice — a historic mountain town in central Italy — has been at the epicenter of yesterday’s 6.2-magnitude earthquake. This imagery was captured yesterday morning, Aug. 24, 2016, by UrtheCast’s Deimos-2 satellite.

You can also see images of the nearby Pescara del Tronto, which was also imaged yesterday morning by Deimos-2.