CATANIA, Italy—An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 hit an area north of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily on Dec. 26, damaging buildings and injuring about 30 people, officials said.
It occurred two days after an eruption at Mount Etna, Europe’s highest and most active volcano, sent a huge column of ash into the sky and caused the temporary closure of Catania airport on Sicily’s eastern coast.
