Public sector offices and a museum in Rome were evacuated Tuesday after a strong aftershock from the L'Aquila earthquake was felt in the capital.
A ten-storey building that houses offices for city police and public transport authorities in southern Rome and the Pigorini Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography in the Mussolini-era EUR neighbourhood were both evacuated following the aftershock at 11:27 Tuesday (09:27 GMT).
At its epicentre 95 kilometres away near the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila, the aftershock registered 4.7 on the MMS scale and lasted for around a minute, causing panic as plaster fell from damaged buildings.
Monday's main earthquake, which registered 6.2 on the scale, was clearly felt in Rome and caused some damage to the Terme di Caracalla archeological site.
