The earthquake is the worst to hit Italy since 1980, when 2, 735 people were killed in a quake close to Salerno, in the south.

意大利历史上最严重的一次地震发生在1980年，当时在南部的萨勒诺有2,735人死于地震。

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An ancient Greek colony of southern Italy near the Gulf of Salerno. Reputedly founded by Xenophanes, it was the center of the Eleatic school of philosophy.

意大利南部古代希腊的殖民地，邻近萨勒诺海湾，是埃利亚哲学学派的中心，此学派据说由色诺芬尼创立。

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Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg, who came to the U.S. from Italy at age 8, had become by 20 the youngest winner of the Naumburg International Violin Competition.

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