In a day, two quakes rattle Italy; no injuries or fatalities reported

Los angeles : Months after a powerful quake that hit Italy in August, two powerful earthquakes were registered on Wednesday that struck central city about 50 miles north of the tragic site.

The August quake killed nearly 300 people, the US Geological Survey said.

According to ANSA, the first quake of magnitude-5.5 struck Southwest Visso at 7 PM (1 PM ET). The epicenter was about 9 kilometers between Perugia and Macerata, according to ANSA.

The second quake -- with a magnitude of 6.1 -- was 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) north of Visso and 58 km (36 miles) from Perugia, the USGS reported and claimed that both earthquakes were shallow.

Meanwhile, police have offered assistance to those who have been living in tents and asked them to stay farther away tonight as the rain falls.