Italy’s Earthquake Destruction Seen from Space

UrtheCast Blog
1 min readAug 24, 2016

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Homes have been turned to rubble.

More than 100 people have now been reported missing in this mountain town, Pescara del Tronto, in central Italy. This imagery was captured this morning, Aug. 24, 2016, by UrtheCast’s Deimos-2 satellite, following the 6.2-magnitude quake.

Close up of former homes in Pescara del Tronto. Captured by UrtheCast’s Deimos-2 satellite.
Close up of former homes in Pescara del Tronto. Captured by UrtheCast’s Deimos-2 satellite.

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