An Italian rabbi, Shmuel Dasyani spoke on Monday about Sunday's earthquake, which measured a 6.6 on the Richter scale.
"It was the latest in the series of earthquakes which recently hit central Italy, but this time we felt it strongly here in Rome. It was really scary, but thank G-d no one was injured," said Dasyani, who also serves as vice president of the Conference of European Rabbis, in an interview with Hamevaser.
Rabbi Dasyani added that, "This earthquake was especially powerful, and we felt it several times. Objects moved from their places, the women's section of the synagogue was damaged, but in Rome there virtually no one was harmed.
"In the affected areas, many buildings were damaged but the chance of any Jews in the area injured is very low, since there are hardly any Jews here, and practically no Jewish tourists. This isn't really an international tourist destination. The italian Jewish community prays for those who were injured and hopes Italy will have no more events like this," he concluded.
On Sunday, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale hit central Italy. This earthquake was the fourth to hit Italy in the past few months, with the first three measuring 4.8, 4.1, and 4.6 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake's epicenter was 1.5 kilometers deep, 132 kilometers away from Rome and 67 kilometers away from the previous earthquake's epicenter in Perugia.
Many buildings collapsed in the quake, and dozens of people were lightly injured.