It lasted for 60 seconds and could be felt distinctly in the centre of Molise, in the Capitanata, the Province of Chieti, and could be perceived in the Marche, Bari, Benevento, Matera, Brindisi, Rome, Naples, Potenza, Salerno, Taranto and Pescara.
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The strongest tremor took place at 11.32 on Friday 31 October 2002 in the area of lower Molise, which is situated in the north-east of the Province of Campobasso.
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Most of the victims of the earthquake suffered when a school collapsed in the town of San Giuliano di Puglia.
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