(ANSA) - Rome, October 31 - Simone Atzori of the National Institute of Geophysics (INGV) told ANSA on Monday that satellite images of the area hit by the 6.5-magnitude quake on October 30 are likely to reveal that the ground level there has been lowered by more than 25 centimetres.

Atzori said the drop is expected to exceed that of the August 24 and October 26 earthquakes, whose peak drop levels reached 20-25 centimetres.

The August 24 earthquake had a magnitude of 6.0, while the two on October 26 were 5.4 and 5.9 in magnitude.

